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Saturday Feb 6, 2016 #
Event: ICY-8 - 8-hour Trail Race
7 AM
Running race (Icy-8 8-hour Trail Ultra) 7:46:37 [2] 47.3 mi (9:52 / mi) +2561ft 9:23 / mi
shoes: Inov-8 Trailroc 245 (2nd pair)
Good first race of the season at the Icy-8 at Lake Anna State Park, VA. 2 loops to choose from, 4.7mi or 8.0mi and it's how far can you go (completed laps) in the 8 hours.
Cold start at 23F, but it warmed up to about 49F, so I shed clothes as the day wore on.
I stuck to the 4.7mi loop, hoping for 10, but it turns out it was actually about 4.9mi, and I did a crap job of pacing for the first 5 laps, so chose discretion after 8 laps and did an 8mi lap. It was the right choice, as I wouldn't have finished two.
Plans went well, food and hydration was right ... I might have eeked out the 47mi (actual: 49+mi) if I hadn't had to add another sock layer after 6 laps (I think?), which added 3 minutes to my total ... it was that tight!
hughmac3 did incredibly well while suffering some GI issues ... didn't make his hoped-for numbers, but persevered in adversity. First ULTRA!! Great job, dad!
Pics up on Facebook at some point.
Cold start at 23F, but it warmed up to about 49F, so I shed clothes as the day wore on.
I stuck to the 4.7mi loop, hoping for 10, but it turns out it was actually about 4.9mi, and I did a crap job of pacing for the first 5 laps, so chose discretion after 8 laps and did an 8mi lap. It was the right choice, as I wouldn't have finished two.
Plans went well, food and hydration was right ... I might have eeked out the 47mi (actual: 49+mi) if I hadn't had to add another sock layer after 6 laps (I think?), which added 3 minutes to my total ... it was that tight!
hughmac3 did incredibly well while suffering some GI issues ... didn't make his hoped-for numbers, but persevered in adversity. First ULTRA!! Great job, dad!
Pics up on Facebook at some point.
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