The Fall Back into the Trails 50k Re-cap
It's been 3 days since I ran "The Fall Back into the Trails 50k ultra marathon". The race was held on Sunday, Nov 7th at the Red Wing Recreation in La Grange. It was a sunny but chilly 23 degrees at the start. The course consisted of 5-10k loops and about 5000 feet elevation gain total. There was no cut off time so no pressure on crossing the finishing mat in a certain time or not having support at the start/finish area. Loop 1 started at 7:20am. There was no pressure. I ran mostly alone with a few runners in sight. The first loop was about getting familiar with the course. The first hill climb starts shortly after the 1st mile. Steep but not terrible. Then just pass the 3.5 mile mark there was an aid station. Just pass the aid station there was a series of 4 hill climbs with each one getting steeper. So steep, that I had to lean my torso over my quads to prevent myself from falling backward. The descend was also steep forcing me to hike down most of it. My strategy af