Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The North Face 50 - Park City (Race Report)

Oops, I guess I didn't post an actual race report.  I have been busy spending any extra time I have hiking up and down the local peaks before the snow flies.  So here goes a shortened belated version.

I signed up for this race on a whim when I found out my friend Fan was going to run it (and I had a 40% off coupon).  Two days later, I got injured.  Why does that always happen?  I tried to train (last minute) but things didn't work out with my new injury so I just ran the race best I could, far from peak form, merely hoping for a finish.

I brought my camera and just tried to keep moving the first half of the race.  I was running around 30th place enjoying the views and taking a ton of grainy pictures.  I realized I can't take shots with my iphone until the sun comes up.  Horrible quality.  2 Tylenol's and a few hours later I was still moving and still felt relatively strong!  Time to put the camera away and chase some people down.  I was able to pick up the pace a bit and pick them off one at a time until... I won the race!  Just kidding, I took 17th place.  I was a solid 2 hours behind the winner.  Good enough for an injured, out of shape guy!  I was super happy to do so well and actually run all 50 miles.  I decided I didn't like the course and am now officially allergic to switchbacks.  The course had 20 zillion of them and I am not exaggerating.  The scenery was sweet though and that made up for the switchbacks.  There are some seriously sweet trails to run in Park City!

Here are some shots I took during the race -













Time: 9:34:09
9250' vertical climbing
17th overall

For those interested, I did beat Fan.  And as you all know, that is all that matters (for me).  Beat all my friends until they are no longer my friends!

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