The Course
50 miles run in and out of gorges, pass numerous waterfalls, negotiate creek crossings, and climb/descend roughly 10,000 feet over variable terrain.
I might have underestimated this race. I thought after I finished the Bear Mountain 50 miles race with ankle injury from the previous month, and I felt 90% recovered on my Dirty German 50K race 2 weeks earlier, I thought would nail this race and would make a PR. Unfortunately it was not the story in this tale.
Distance. : 50km
Finish Time : 4:51:18
Pace: 9:24
Rank : #28 (overall)
Lap 1 : 2:13:11
Photo by Uber Endurance Sports
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This was the second time for me running this race. The race organization, Uber Endurance Sports, always has the best fun races. Their races are always well-marked, they always have an all out aid station provision and very well-organized.
Last year, I broke my 50k PR in this race. Thank you to Keila, whom I was tailing for the first 25k loop. But I just couldn’t keep up with her beast mode pace, and I ended up out of gas by mile 20.
But this year, my plan was using this fun run race as my long run training for upcoming Cayuga 50 miles. I won’t be racing like a crazy monkey, on the other hand, I would try a few new running strategy. After my running drama in Bear Mountain, 2 weeks earlier, I had evaluated my race, overview what went wrong, what did I do wrong, what could I do better, and also to test my brand new recovered left ankle.
Distance. : 50 miles
Finish Time : 11:26:57
Pace: 13:45
| Interval | Time of Day | Chip Time | Chip Pace | Gun Time | Gun Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | 5:01:28AM | ||||
| 3.9 Miles | 5:42:06AM | 00:40:39 | 10:26 min/mi | 00:40:47 | 10:28 min/mi |
| 13.6 Miles | 7:33:51AM | 02:32:23 | 11:13 min/mi | 02:32:32 | 11:13 min/mi |
| 40.2 Miles | 1:47:46PM | 08:46:19 | – | – | – |
| 44.6 Miles | 3:09:17PM | 10:07:50 | 13:38 min/mi | 10:07:58 | 13:38 min/mi |
| Finish | 4:28:24PM | 11:26:57 | 13:45 min/mi | 11:27:05 | 13:45 min/mi |
Distance. : 50k
Finish Time : 5:34:09
Pace: 10:45
Rank : #16 (overall)
Lap 1 : 1:33:23
Lap 2 : 1:47:19
Lap 3 : 2:13:26
It was early in the morning when I met Joe Delano in the city to get a ride . The ride was probably about 2 hours from Manhattan to the race area. And on the way there, we picked up Paul at Hartford, CT. Paul, who’s originally from Ireland but flew in from Mexico where he lived at that moment. Both of them were fast runners, they were in the mission to qualify Boston marathon 2015. We got there pretty early so we had time to set up our drop bag area. The starting line was a couple of hundreds meters from the park main parking lot. Oh the porta-john location was in that main parking lot.
Lets the race begin
Distance : 13.1 miles
Finish : 1:35:52
Pace : 7:20
The night before the race, I was really nervous. I woke up every hour, not only because I was afraid I could not wake up early, but also because NYRR put me in the wave 1 corral 4, which was a pretty fast pace corral. Probably NYRR kept my pace time from 1 years ago.
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