our girlfriend came up from cali this weekend to run the STORMY ultra marathon. she's competed in the STORMY 50 mile race the last two years but decided she wanted to do the 100 mile race. (heh, if you can run 50, why not do the loop twice). and not only is it a fifty mile loop that she did twice, but its in very hilly trail territory in Squamish. I thought trail racing was tough - until I ran with Sharon as a pacer for part of her run in the middle of the night with only the Petzel as light......
The race is based on a mountain bike race called the Test of Metal... You get the picture... The ride is hard on a bike. Imagine running it.
She is my inspiration. Now, when i do my one-two hour runs and I feel like wimping out on a hill, I will think of my special friend Sharon and remind myself...."if she can run for 22 HOURS straight, you can run for an hour or two .. so get your ass up this hill"
here we are waiting for sharon to finish the first 50 mile loop so that we could give her some lovin and cheer her on!
here she is finishing the first fifty... 9 hours 27 minutes...
and mason decided he wanted some applause and wanted to do the race too... ok so he ran a few feet rather than fifty miles, but he's still a star in my eyes!
doesn't she look amazing - she's just ran 50 miles. FIFTY MILES. she's been running for nine hours straight. you are amazing my bud.
here's fed.. getting ready.. he's the first pacer... she had 7 us of slotted to pace her for the last fifty. considering she was running in the middle of the hilly wilderness throughout the night, the race organizers were kind enough to allow her pacers for the second fifty!
and here's mason checking out the petzel mom will wear for her leg.....
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