Last year Leigh paced me for the second half of the AR50 and helped me finish in 8:54:09. This is my personal best time for a 50 miler race. This year Leigh and I decided to run the event together.
Leigh and I had a blast on the trail. We took it pretty easy this year and just enjoyed our time on the trail. This year the course for the AR50 was slightly different that all the previous years. In previous years the first part of the race was mainly a pave bike/running path, and the second part of the race was mainly a single track trail run. This years change in course was designed to incorporate more trail and less paved path.I think that the course change was nice, but I honestly liked the fast pace of the old courses paved road start. I also liked the feeling of having a road race for the first half of the event, and a trail race for the second half.
The race this year also had a staggered start. Half of us started at 6:00am and the other half started at 6:15am. With the race being so large with competitors this year, and not on a wide paved road at the strat, the staggered start totally made sense.
The volunteers were awesome and the aid stations were well stocked with all the typical ultrarunning aid station food and beverages.
I also had a new toy on this run. My parents recently surprised me with a new camera for my birthday (my birthday was one day before the race). They know that I like to take videos of my runs and they picked up a new Garmin Virb. I'm still figuring out how to use all the fancy bells and whistles on it, but so far it's a really cool camera.In the weeks after AR50 I've been preparing for my next race, the Leona Divide 50 miler on April 26th. My training since AR50 has been pretty consistent and I'm really hoping to have a strong finish at Leona Divide.
Until next time...
KEEP RUNNING!!!!
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