50 Miler - sta 1

Finally got my timer hung on my wall at the box (thanks bean) and got to cook some food at my house tonight! so what did i do new on race day:


first time running with a camelback
first time running with a hip pack
first time running with a full hip pack
first time running in the dark
first time running without my self-created warm up


its raining at the start of the race saturday morning at 6am. its been raining since wednesday. one mile in, we hit mud.


first time running in the mud.


i always told my ffl during our runs to 'preserve the shoe' - good luck with that happening.