Another Run at Paris Mountain State Park

Today we went back to Paris Mountain State Park to run the same 7 ish mile loop that we ran this past weekend. This time we left Shadow at home so we could really focus on all aspects of the trail without any distractions. Also running on a Wednesday was a heck of a lot quieter than running on Sunday.  I think today we only had two cyclist pass us. So what does this all mean? You may have already guessed it...

Bart's 50 mile run! Hopefully we (ok, me) will remain healthy, the moon and stars will be lined up, and it will be nice weather!

In hind sight, we're kind of glad we didn't make it to the Table Rock Ultra 50 miler. Although I would have rather not got a blood clot in my arm, It's all worked out for the best. Turns out that Table Rock was a killer course. The winner of the race took two hours longer to complete the distance than he had expected.

Paris Mountain 50 miler will still be a tough race, but Bart and I will be able to see each other much more often.  The 50 mile runners will run the course 7 times, so crewing for Bart will be a breeze!

Currently, there are 23 runners registered to run the entire 50 mile distance, 4 teams registered for the 4 person relay, and 3 teams for the 2 person relay.  There is also a 50 km race which has 11 runners entered. So now, it's just wait and see...