HAPPY NEW YEAR! Last year on New Years Day I ran my own personal marathon which I won, :) of course I was the only one running, but I turned in a pretty good time and was happy with the run. This year I decided to run my own personal ultramarthon. I predetermined a 40 mile run that I would embark upon. Unfortunately I did not win this year even though I was the only one running. I had to take a DNF, but I still had a good run which I'm happy with. Doone decided we needed to throw a New Years Eve party which was a lot of fun, so we had a house full off guest until about 1am. By the time we got cleaned up and I got my running things together, it was almost 2. I took off on my run and started way too fast. The first mile was right about 7 minutes. I backed off that pace, but still finished the first ten miles averaging a bit faster than 8:00. I finally found a good rhythm on the next 10 miles were I averaged around 8:25. Four miles into the next 10 miles I had a 4 mile climb of about 600 feet and that really kicked my butt. I never really recovered from that. My legs started hurting pretty good, around mile 30 and I decided I better head home to avoid any prolonged recovery time. I never cramped and I never walked, but I did not finish my planned 40. I'll just have to try again another day when I can be more rested. The whole day was a busy day working out in the yard for about 5 hours and then we had to set up for the party and have the party. Anyways it took my 4hours 40 minutes to run the 32.7 miles I did finish for and AP of 8:34. I have some major admiration for Crocket who just finished that 48 hour race having run 187 miles. Amazing!!!! | 