Burning River Back 50 - Your legs are not giving out, your head is giving up. Keep going.
For the first time since my stress fracture injuries in 2020 I was feeling healthy and strong. My runs for the past few months have been great and I feel like I am starting to get some of my trail speed back. I have been wanting to get back to the bigger ultra races and this year things have been progressing rather nicely. I raced my first marathon trail race early in the year and followed that up with a 50k a month and a half later. I also completed a solo 40-mile run and some long runs out in Washington state with a lot of vertical gain. Thinking I was ready to tackle a 50 miler, what better than to do it in my back yard so I registered for the Burning River Back 50 which starts at 6pm and runs through the night. I really do enjoy the night running. Once Angie and I arrived at the start of the race we soon met my coach Sarah and her husband (I'm terrible at remembering names ... sorry Sarah!!). This is the first time I met them in person and what a pleasure. Such incredibly nice ...