Notes
Beautiful day and weather.
Marla was recovering from a stress fracture, so Mom met me but nobody else from our family ran it.
I hadn't been training specifically for a trail 50k, so I was just hoping to break 6:00, try to run an even or negative split after Fearn, and run strong up the last hill. I really wanted to run the hill strong after the amazing performance Parker had on it last year.
I ended up doing well: close to an even split (Fearn was 2:50:57), well under 6:00, and ran much of the last hill (though not as fast as I'd hoped). I was able to pick it up and run pretty well at the top of the hill, including finishing 5 seconds in front of a guy and passing a group at the aid station. Nobody passed me in the last few miles. 2nd fastest Mtn, Mist so far.