This was a virtual race that I was treating as a training run. The format is to start a new lap every hour on the hour. Each lap is 4.2 miles. The winner is the last person standing! Originally I was thinking of doing 24 laps which would give me 100 miles, but...
- Lap #1 was uneventful. It's a nice morning in Montara and Moss Beach. 41:14. I walked some of the uphills but that was still a bit fast. I listened to a good podcast by This Is Love, about birds, bird watching, and being a Black bird watcher.
- Lap #2. 41:18. Listened to a good podcast by This is Love about wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Looking forward to running with Mor for lap #4.
- Lap #3. 40:44. Feeling good. Getting warmer.
- Lap #4 39:37. Was probably a little excited and a little too fast running with Mor! He told me about some podcasts he listened to (history of skyscrapers and monetary inflation). Dear reader, it's going to be a long day!
- Lap #5 with Mor. 42:26. Getting warm.
- Lap #6 ~42 minutes, with Mor. Laid down for 12-13 minutes. Was feeling sleepy.
- Lap #7 41:20, with Mor.
- Lap #8 42:53 with Mor.
- Lap #9 43:37 with Mor. Mor is done. Thank you so much, Mor! Not many friends can run 25 miles on the spur-of-the-moment!
- Lap #10 41:47 solo. Mor met me along the way at this shaved ice stand that some kids set up on Main St. They were stingy with the ice, but it was still a nice cool snack. I'm warm!
- Lap #11 43:12. It's warm. I listened to a podcast on This Is Love about people who loved particular cities. It was interesting. Edit: I put on Run Goo on a hot spot on a toe. That's the second time I've taken my shoes off since 6am this morning. No blisters.
- Lap #12 42:11. Feeling OK. A little tired and warm. Listened to more podcasts about cities in Italy. I'm half-way done! (50 miles)
- Lap #14 42:06. (Where did #13 go? lol). Ran with Cassie. Now comes Lap #15 with my daughter!
- Lap #15 with Claire! 47:10. Kind of tired.
- Lap #16 (47:11), this time with trail running shoes and on Montara Mt. There's a lot more elevation gain, but I was tired of the old route. I'm thinking of the goals of this event -- it's a training run for Tahoe 200 in mid-September. I'm thinking a 70+ mile training run is fine! I'm thinking of just doing one more lap.
- Lap #17 done. I'm done! ~71 miles is plenty for a training run. There are 79 runners remaining out of 1200 who started. I don't want to beat myself up too much or get injured.
