I went out yesterday and got about 3 more miles of the course marked for Psycho Wyco. There was one spot near the bottom of what is known as speed demon ridge where some flags and ribbon had been moved. The offenders also left about 4 or 5 beer cans ( Note to flag movers: Karma's gonna get ya) Anyway, I moved them back and finished marking through Fester's Wander. After that, I went out to Ted's Montana grill with the family for Fat Tuesday.
After a little sledding this afternoon I went up to Tiffany Springs tonight to run a few easy miles. Nobody else showed and since I forgot my light and my dog I just went home. Oh well.
Congrats to all who finished Rocky Raccoon. Check out Gabe's Blog for a detailed race report. Now I wish I would have ran the 50 down there so I could skip the mud this weekend. Waaaah!
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hello shane
we've never met, but over the last few weeks I've been reading the "local runners" blogs listed on ben's blog. I know you're pretty familiar with the psyco course and was wondering how this saturday's conditions compared with previous years.
I drove down from just north of Chicago to run my first ultra in flat Kansas. I kept my eye out for you but either didn't see you or just didn't recognize you. I knew you were shootin' for sub-six-hour and thought you would be good to pace off of. As it turned out, I went through the firts loop in something like 1:29 and then the wheels just came off. Ive never spent so many hours running through mud like that.
Matt, Thanks for reading and for making the trip down. Your time was 5:15 ?? Thats a darn good time. Especially considering the conditions. I Don't know what was wrong with me, but thought about dropping after both my first and second loops and then on the third loop I had to walk some of the downhill because my IT band was really tightening up on me. Most likely from the stupid mud/duck power hike up all of the hills. As far as the course goes, the last two years have had much better conditions. Ice is better and faster than mud in my opinion. Just screw your shoes and go for it. This race started from a little brainstorming about five years ago. We're very proud of the race as a group and I think it shows. You gonna write a race report for us?
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