Hmmm. Nice going WG! I've been pondering that one for my first 100 next year. That report is going to cause me some more pondering.

The weather wasn't as bad as they predicted it would be (no large hail and funnel clouds, woo-hoo!). But there were some early lightning storms close to me that felt way, way too close. Around 8 pm, winds picked up to the point that I was very scared. Do tornadoes happen at night? If a funnel cloud appeared I would not have been able to see it. I sure as heck couldn't run, and had a good chunk of time go to walking into a crazy wind. I am waiting for my friends to finish right now. This race was their idea. I would have never picked gravel roads in Kansas, but this ended as possibly the most beautiful 100 I have ever done. The rolling, tallgrass prairie is covered in wildflowers, and the trees are at their peak. It is stunning. Good race.

 You forgot to mention, 1st OA female!  Congrats!!!

 You forgot to mention, 1st OA female!  Congrats!!!

 Congrats Wrigley!

Congrats Wriggly, I came on here to see how you did.

I remember seeing you, those one hundred milers were few and far between.  Unfortunately my buddy didn't finish.  I only ran the 50.   

Perhaps that was my bad spelling, or my Australian accent.

hmm, well you looked right at me, but I suppose that doesn't narrow it down.  I think for the most part people were running solo, and I managed to hook up with a guy with a southern accent for 49 miles, maybe he stood out because he said something to you as you went by, with his southern twang.  I said something too, I'm sure they were amazing words of wisdom. 

You were one of the few that looked good out there, it didn't inspire me to do the hundred considering the people peeling off after mile 70 or so.  So in a non-lesbian-ish way, ten points for still looking cute 80 miles in.

I did ok, 10:30 hours, I'd have liked to have finished earlier.  I got really lucky to meet up with someone easy to talk to, although I would have liked to have gone slower, I had the choice of keeping up with him or going it alone, so it wasn't a hard decision.  I thought it was a good race, it only rained for a few minutes of the 50.  I'm still sore, particularly my feet, how are you holding up?

spaniel -- 10/20 -- Des Plaines Trail Ultra 50-Miler -- Lincolnshire, IL

DNF.  Long story short, had GPS issues and lack of mile mile markers and ability to pace the pace I was supposed to be running (feeling great was not a good thing I guess).  Goal 6:00, wanted to go out 5:50 pace (7:00), ended up getting to turnaround (~27 miles) at 5:42 pace for that "oh crap" moment.  GPS was finally working and held myself to 7:20s.  Injured my back last weekend....re-injured it ~32 miles and that was the end of being able to run.  Walked to ~38 miles where my crew found me and took the DNF.

There were some big horses in this race (Braje, Lopez?).  I was 4th the first half, third after Braje dropped at the turnaround.  As it turned out EVERYONE blew up spectacularly, Lopez(?) won it in 6:17 after coming through halfway on ~5:35 pace.  2nd was some guy who had been a good 10-15min back at the turnaround.

Learned a lot.  Looking forward to chasing my white whale with a bigger boat next year. A big thank-you to my crew (WhoDatRunner, flatfooter).