DATE: August 24, 2008
LOCATION: Watershed Preserve, Redmond, Washington
I was on a mission to run 13 marathons/ultras in 12 weeks. When I was laying out the schedule I put a triple on my schedule, this meant that I was going to be running 14 races in 12 weeks, giving me a little wiggle room. The previous weekend I set out to run Where's Waldo, a 100k (62 miles) trail race with about 11,000 feet of climbing. It did not go well, I got altitude sickness and the 100+ degree temperatures didn't help. At mile 50, I
decided I couldn't do the final climb and dropped out. This meant my wiggle room was gone. At this point I needed to run the next four weeks to get my seven stars.
This race was part of the Northwest Trail Series, I ran the Des Moines Creek 6 hour race in March (also part of the series). It was held at the Redmond Watershed Preserve, it was a marathon consisting of three trail loops around the Watershed Preserve. I arrived at the park early and weather was pretty good. I was looking forward to a good effort after the bad experience at Where's Waldo.
The course was not very technical and the loops had only mild hills. After the first loop I was feeling pretty good, I finished the 8.74 mile loop in 1:12:53. I continued on to the second loop and slowed a little as I was starting to get tired. In that loop I ran 1:18:25. In the final loop the rolling hills were getting to be a little tough. I had to walk a lot at times, I was probably still struggling after Waldo, but I ended up running that final loop in 1:34:18. That meant my final finish time was 4:05:36, which is pretty good for a trail marathon.
After finishing the race, I hung around for a little while before heading back to Portland. By the way, it started pouring down rain on the drive home. I'm just glad it didn't rain during the race.
LOCATION: Watershed Preserve, Redmond, Washington
I was on a mission to run 13 marathons/ultras in 12 weeks. When I was laying out the schedule I put a triple on my schedule, this meant that I was going to be running 14 races in 12 weeks, giving me a little wiggle room. The previous weekend I set out to run Where's Waldo, a 100k (62 miles) trail race with about 11,000 feet of climbing. It did not go well, I got altitude sickness and the 100+ degree temperatures didn't help. At mile 50, I
decided I couldn't do the final climb and dropped out. This meant my wiggle room was gone. At this point I needed to run the next four weeks to get my seven stars.This race was part of the Northwest Trail Series, I ran the Des Moines Creek 6 hour race in March (also part of the series). It was held at the Redmond Watershed Preserve, it was a marathon consisting of three trail loops around the Watershed Preserve. I arrived at the park early and weather was pretty good. I was looking forward to a good effort after the bad experience at Where's Waldo.
The course was not very technical and the loops had only mild hills. After the first loop I was feeling pretty good, I finished the 8.74 mile loop in 1:12:53. I continued on to the second loop and slowed a little as I was starting to get tired. In that loop I ran 1:18:25. In the final loop the rolling hills were getting to be a little tough. I had to walk a lot at times, I was probably still struggling after Waldo, but I ended up running that final loop in 1:34:18. That meant my final finish time was 4:05:36, which is pretty good for a trail marathon.
After finishing the race, I hung around for a little while before heading back to Portland. By the way, it started pouring down rain on the drive home. I'm just glad it didn't rain during the race.
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