DATE: Saturday, November 4, 2006
LOCATION: Champoeg State Park, near St Paul and Newberg, Oregon
In the fall of 2005, I did the Autumn Leaves half marathon, I remember noticing that they had 50k
and 50mile races. At that time I didn’t think much about doing the longer races, but in fall of 2006, I wanted to give it a try. Plus my friend Tim Lawson (who is also a runner) wanted to run the 50 miler, so I decided to do the 50k. I was surprised how many Maniacs from Seattle showed up to the race, which is south of Portland. In the 2005 race, it poured down rain, but in 2006, the weather was pretty good, a little mist at time. I struggled at times, I didn’t have a really good month in November of that year, my legs wouldn’t really get going very well, and I had some on and off foot pain. So I wasn’t really surprised when I ran this race. I enjoyed the course and the multiple loops didn’t really bother me. I ended up running 5:35:40, which could have been faster if my legs were looser. My friend Tim had some issues, and had to drop out at 34 miles, but was given credit for doing the 50k. All in all it wasn’t horrible, but could have been better.
LOCATION: Champoeg State Park, near St Paul and Newberg, Oregon
In the fall of 2005, I did the Autumn Leaves half marathon, I remember noticing that they had 50k
and 50mile races. At that time I didn’t think much about doing the longer races, but in fall of 2006, I wanted to give it a try. Plus my friend Tim Lawson (who is also a runner) wanted to run the 50 miler, so I decided to do the 50k. I was surprised how many Maniacs from Seattle showed up to the race, which is south of Portland. In the 2005 race, it poured down rain, but in 2006, the weather was pretty good, a little mist at time. I struggled at times, I didn’t have a really good month in November of that year, my legs wouldn’t really get going very well, and I had some on and off foot pain. So I wasn’t really surprised when I ran this race. I enjoyed the course and the multiple loops didn’t really bother me. I ended up running 5:35:40, which could have been faster if my legs were looser. My friend Tim had some issues, and had to drop out at 34 miles, but was given credit for doing the 50k. All in all it wasn’t horrible, but could have been better.
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