DATE: Saturday, July 26, 2008
LOCATION: Timothy Lake, near Mt Hood, Oregon
The Mt Hood PCT is one of the few races that I had done very year at that point. From 2005-2007 I ran the 50k, but in 2008, they did away with the 50k and only had a 50 miler, because they had so much of a demand for the 50 miler. So having already done two 50 milers and a 24 hour race, I decided to give this one a try.
I drove to Timothy Lake on Friday night where I had a camp site. I spent the night there and walked over to the start in the morning. After chatting with of my ultramarathon friends we took off. This was a very nice course it went up hill the first half to Timberline Lodge about a 5,000 climb and turned around and headed back to Timothy Lake.
The views were amazing and the aid stations very supportive. I REALLY enjoyed the course! I didn't realize how fast I could run it. My previous 50 mile trail run was Capitol Peak in April of that year, and it took more over 10 hours. This course was faster and I really pushed to run it as fast as I could. I don't remember what my time was at the turn around, but I finished in 8:44:33.
After finishing I cleaned myself up and headed back home. It was a very short turn around as I headed to Newport the following day for a marathon on Monday.
LOCATION: Timothy Lake, near Mt Hood, Oregon
The Mt Hood PCT is one of the few races that I had done very year at that point. From 2005-2007 I ran the 50k, but in 2008, they did away with the 50k and only had a 50 miler, because they had so much of a demand for the 50 miler. So having already done two 50 milers and a 24 hour race, I decided to give this one a try.
I drove to Timothy Lake on Friday night where I had a camp site. I spent the night there and walked over to the start in the morning. After chatting with of my ultramarathon friends we took off. This was a very nice course it went up hill the first half to Timberline Lodge about a 5,000 climb and turned around and headed back to Timothy Lake.
The views were amazing and the aid stations very supportive. I REALLY enjoyed the course! I didn't realize how fast I could run it. My previous 50 mile trail run was Capitol Peak in April of that year, and it took more over 10 hours. This course was faster and I really pushed to run it as fast as I could. I don't remember what my time was at the turn around, but I finished in 8:44:33.
After finishing I cleaned myself up and headed back home. It was a very short turn around as I headed to Newport the following day for a marathon on Monday.
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