racing 4:55:00 [4]
The Bad Thing 50k. Very fun point-to-point racecourse between Goderich and Auburn following the Maitland Trail. Ran with Bender for the first 35k - his family owns property along the trail, so he has been running this route for years. Very interesting to get a guided tour as we made our way through, which made the first few hours fly by in a snap. Keeping one's mind occupied wasn't an issue though - this race features a tremendous amount of variety. What a difference between this and the multi-lap courses that we're so conditioned to with Ontario ultras. Lots of technical terrain which made for a pretty slow pace - can't imagine that my 'course record' will hold for very long! Great day with lots of strong representation from the AR community. This one will be a regular on my calendar in the years to come.
