And apparently, because I need to keep my Bad Ass card, I decided to take on a very hard course, oops. After DNS'ing my first ultra last year for asthma reasons and after having to DNS that same ultra again this year because I had a kitty in the hospital and very ill, I signed up for the DTR Endurance 50K, a tough trail race in Stuart, Florida. While the other ultras were road races, this one was going to be on a trail. A trail I had never seen until today (the park is 2 hours away from home). A trail that ended up being tougher than advertised, even though the RD did a great job warning us that it was a tough course and an adventure. It was both, alright. As you know, I am going after more Maniac stars, so this race had to be official to count. The only issue was that the race had an 8 hour limit and I was not sure I could finish it within that time. The last trail HM I did was 2 years ago and I finished in 3:45 so I knew that if the race was too technical, I was t
Dont know what this madness is all about (havent experienced it yet)... Just remember things will get better!
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