Tempest Adventures is now two for two in thoroughly kicking my ass. I did their Mace's Hideout 50 miler down in Beulah and holy hell was it rough. First four miles are on a dirt road but after that it's nothing but technical trails and lots of climbing and descending. I ran pretty well, or at least I kept moving forward all day, but I found myself pushing the overall cutoff of 16 hours. Rallied over the last three miles, which included climbing up a waterfall, and finished in 15:58:30. Pic below is at the finish, those other two runners and I worked together to barely beat the cutoff.
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I had planned on getting back home on Saturday after the race, maybe even early enough to hit WestFax for last call. But I finished at midnight and was wrecked. Ended up spending the night in the parking lot. Good times. I have some work to do before Rio Grande.
On Sunday after SAR training we headed up to Red Rocks for Big Head Todd's 40th anniversary show. Saw Bill Murray and Warren Haynes open up. Great time.
For the week:
run - 81 miles, 21.5 hours
hike - 19 miles, nine hours
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