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Lean Horse Ultra (50M) 2016

Posted on August 27, 2016July 26, 2019

My second attempt at a 50 miler.

When I signed up for the Keys 100 50 mile race I was asked at registration “Can you realistically finish in under 10 hours?” And my reaction was “yeah,” but I asked some ultra running friends I deeply respect, one of whom offered to give me training advice. On race day I finished, and took third in my age group, but I was very disappointed with myself for finishing in over 14 hours. More than that I felt like I let down my friend who put a lot of time and energy into advising me.

Fast forward to today. The Lean Horse Ultra “Yeehaw” 50 Miler, obviously a completely different race, but I took 13th overall, 2nd in my age group and most important to me, I finished in under 10 hours (9:53) so I’m celebrating with pizza and beer in Custer, SD before I go back to Denver to fly home. Thank you to my encouraging friends, and especially Karen Eviltwin Vollan. Fun fact: Custer, SD is generally considered the oldest European American settlement in the Black Hills. Named after Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer. Who rather famously met his end fighting indigenous peoples of the area to protect the interests of a local gold mining boom in the Black Hills.

Views from the trail this morning
Mickelson is a rails-to-trail project in the Black hills. It’s 103 miles long and named after the former governor. So we were workin’ on the railroad all the live-long day.
This is Suzanne I burned a few minutes with her talking about Pikes Peak. She’s a volunteer. Be awesome like Suzanne.
Hill city is home to the SD state railroad museum.
Authentic rail cars
along the trail
More of the gorgeous Mickelson Trail
You can’t see this sort of thing in Florida
This was my third wind. Chasing Nick. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I started an hour late so technically I was an hour in front of him.
I meant to capture the rock formation, not the Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
Buffalo pizza maybe
Montana was as local and dark as I could find at this pizza place.

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