Run Woodstock is an extraordinary event in the beginning of September in Pinckney State Park. This was my 4th year attending the event. My memories from this place cover the entire spectrum of my emotional being. The worst was when I attempted to run 100 miles in 2011, it was a total disaster. I was completely unprepared and it rained the entire night non-stop. The best emotion here was when I eventually completed my first 100 mile race last year in 2013.
In July I completed the Burning River 100 mile endurance run so I decided to run the Freak 50K this year. My buddy, Matt Shaver, who paced me at BR was also signed up to run in the 50K. We decided to camp out the night before instead of having to wake up at 3 AM to drive to the race. We camped out in style in his newly acquired pop up RV.
This was not a competitive race, rather a race to complete and have some fun with. The only interesting thing that happened was about 5 miles in it felt as if my nose was running so I wiped it with my shirt and I just so happened to have a bloody nose! For the next 15 miles it was bleeding, not the best situation for an ultra marathon! Matt and I ran together for the first 20 miles and then parted ways. It was so nice to run a race with someone for the first half in a controlled and somewhat organized pace. I felt absolutely amazing the last 11 miles of the race simply because I had left enough in the tank for the finish. My goal was around 5 hours and I finished in 5 hours and 39 seconds for a 5th place finish overall and 2nd in age group.
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| My Mom had been one of my biggest supporters throughout this entire running adventure, even though sometimes she rather I'd not run 100 miles! |
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