TrailRun1980

In hindsight, a lot of this seems excessive, but, I've said it before and I mean it, I don't want to get lost or be that guy who isn't properly prepared. Bigfoot 40 was my first race over 31 miles, and is pretty remote and exposed, you get 2 aid stations and most of the day is spent in the middle of the eruption zone where nature has not yet recovered (only ash and lava rock) I'm responsible for myself, and with these distances, better safe than sorry. - Start:   mile 0 - Aid 1:  mile 12 - Aid 2:  mile 28.8 - Finish: mile 43.5 Here's what I carried: Ultimate Direction PB Adventure Vest 3.0  (16L capacity) 3L CamelBak Bladder (full of water) 1 x 600ml soft bottle (for my electrolyte mix) 1 x Katadyn BeFree Water Filtration System (empty, for filtering creek water) Iodine tabs (just in case) Poles Gaiters Small pocket knife Sunblock Bug repellent wipe Micro First Aid kit (tape/band aids/Benadryl/Tylenol/chaffing cream/etc) Compass &

This will be an eternally changing sheet, but it's been helpful, and really encouraging to see my history, and to be reminded just how new at this whole thing I am, especially in the longer distances!  Date Event State Distance Time Notes 2011 7/18/2011 Kaleo K9 5K CA 5K DNS 10/9/2011 Octobrewfest CA 5K 27:24 2012 4/22/2012 Capital City Classic CA 10K 56:40 8/5/2012 Color Run CA 5K 39:02 10/27/2012 Warrior Dash CA 5K 55:00 7/14/2012 Davis Moo-nlight CA 13.1M 2:08 2013 3/9/2013 LuckyRun CA 7M 1:04:59 2014 2/2/2014 Puddle Run WA 5M 45:28 4/26/2014 CanDo5K WA 5K 26:23 5/3/2014 Fiesta 5K Ole WA 5K 26:46 9/27/2014 Color Run IL 5K 35:26 11/22/2014 Decatur Turkey Trot IL 10K 56:26 2015 4/25/2015 Illinois Christie Clinic Marathon IL 13.1M 1:57 5/9/2015 Not Your Average Joe IL 5M 41:17 6/27/2015 Warrior Dash IN 5K 7/18/2015 Matoon Run for the Bagel IL 10K 58:55 10/10/2015 Sand Creek Trail Run IL 7.6M 1:08:41 3rd Age Group (30-39) 2016 4/16/2016 Illinois Christie Cl

Note to self, 2.8 hours of sleep before a trail race is sub-optimal. We were headed down to the Dances With Dirt Gnaw Bone trail race down in Indiana for my wife to run, so I decided to throw in on the race and take it as an aided long run to get another 31 miles down.  I'm at a point where I'm running out of PTO at work for travel, so we left work Friday night and drove into the dark, by the time we grabbed dinner and got to the hotel it was after 130AM when we finally got into bed.  Start time for the 50k was 630 AM and we needed to pick up packets early, so I set my alarm for 430 to get breakfast on board and do my pre race routine. Fast forward to the race.  630, Mikes Dance Barn, the sun is starting to rise, we left a cool and crisp weather system in Wisconsin (mid 50's), the humidity is high and I already realize it's going to be a warm one, yeah, the forecast calls for 80's, but how easily my mind forgets what that means when you're und