Started in Bly, OR at approximately 5:30am. My wife drove our van to 10 different locations along the trail to keep me fueled. This was my 1st “supported” effort outside of an actual race. Throughout the day I ate 4 PB&J’s, 1 banana, 7 salt tabs, mixed a single tailwind pack in a 1/2 liter water bottle, drank 2 servings of pickle juice out of already used energy shot bottles. Other than water & that pack of tailwind, I also drank an A-shoc & a Prime energy drink during the effort. I would mostly text with the wifey what my needs were for upcoming “aid stations”. My wife did a great job of adding stops on the fly late in the effort!!
My dog joined me from 12.5ish to 25ish miles. She’s an Australian Shepard mix, & I spent most of those 12 miles telling her to “come” or “stay”, cuz 10 seconds of silence & she was chasing cows!
Really felt good until my toes started to feel like they were on fire after 50. I stopped & propped feet up 5 different times from 52-finish. Everytime I’d only spend a minute or 2 off my feet then I’d settle right back in a 9ish min/mile shuffle. I changed socks at 30.5 & 52, and wore Altra Olympus 5’s all the way to 55 miles, when the trail turns to blacktop, then wore an old pair of Nike Air Pegasus to the finish.
Weather was perfect!! Just under 40° at start with a short term drizzle. Highs barely got above 50°, & clouds hid the sun from me most of the day.
Goal for 1st 20 miles was to hit the brakes if I saw any pace faster than 10min/mile. I opened & shut the 1st 7-8 cattle gates that came in the 1st 10 miles, then I started to climb over instead just to keep a bit more range of motion. After 20 miles I quit hitting the brakes & went with the flow. I really didn’t think I would be able to jog the whole way at any pace, but had no issues keeping a 9-10 min pace shuffle. This is now my new longest run!! For now!!!!😜