DATE: December 31, 2007
LOCATION: Forest Park, Portland, Oregon
This one was a little messy! It's not really a race, but at the time the Maniacs did not have as many rules about what counts, so at the time it did. The idea behind this race was that everyone meets at the trail head of the Wildwood Trail in Portland, get a ride to the other end and run the 30+ miles back to the trail head. It's a run put on my the Red Lizards. I arrived at Washington Park pretty early around 7:30am. My friend Tim Lawson and his cousin came and met me there. Before I knew it there were about a dozen other runners, we all got a ride to the other end of Forest Park where we met other runners.
It was quite cold and muddy. It was about 32-35 degrees and parts of the trail it was a little icy, but it was mostly muddy. We didn't have any rain, but the mud made it hard to get going. As usual with trail runs, you need to just enjoy the ride. There were about 3-4 spots along the trail where the Red Lizards had some aid station stuff. I remember just trying to stay warm and keep going.
I finished the 30 mile run in 5:53:12. As soon as I finished I went to my car and warmed myself up. I waited until my friend Tim finished and then I went home and relaxed the rest of the day. About a week (or so) later, the Maniacs announced that in order for a marathon or ultra to count they had to produce results. This run did not, so in the future this would not count as a race, unless you got a group of runners together and compiled results. It was cool to the run the entire length of the Wildwood Trail.
LOCATION: Forest Park, Portland, Oregon
This one was a little messy! It's not really a race, but at the time the Maniacs did not have as many rules about what counts, so at the time it did. The idea behind this race was that everyone meets at the trail head of the Wildwood Trail in Portland, get a ride to the other end and run the 30+ miles back to the trail head. It's a run put on my the Red Lizards. I arrived at Washington Park pretty early around 7:30am. My friend Tim Lawson and his cousin came and met me there. Before I knew it there were about a dozen other runners, we all got a ride to the other end of Forest Park where we met other runners.
It was quite cold and muddy. It was about 32-35 degrees and parts of the trail it was a little icy, but it was mostly muddy. We didn't have any rain, but the mud made it hard to get going. As usual with trail runs, you need to just enjoy the ride. There were about 3-4 spots along the trail where the Red Lizards had some aid station stuff. I remember just trying to stay warm and keep going.
I finished the 30 mile run in 5:53:12. As soon as I finished I went to my car and warmed myself up. I waited until my friend Tim finished and then I went home and relaxed the rest of the day. About a week (or so) later, the Maniacs announced that in order for a marathon or ultra to count they had to produce results. This run did not, so in the future this would not count as a race, unless you got a group of runners together and compiled results. It was cool to the run the entire length of the Wildwood Trail.
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