This post has very little to do with biking so if you are anti-midget and anti-running it is now time to move on. Snowboarding has little to do with biking so I figured I would go ahead
I have had some interest in trail running and ultra marathons from previous posts so I thought I would just make a new thread to post my musings and tempt others to the small but growing sport of adventure running.
The type of trail running I do is endurance oriented and done on the same trails I mountain bike on XC trails for horses, hikers, bikers and motorcycles. The preferred trail is hard pack single-track forest trail with significant gain, difficult climbs and descents. Difficult conditions such as bad weather, mud, water crossings and technical obstacles only make the course more desirable. My favorite type of organized adventure run is the 50K Ultra Marathon (50K is a little over 31 miles). Since I am new to this very addictive sport I am still an experience runner and not a true competitor. Sort of like the SPORT class in mtb racing except all runners are categorized by sex and age. I am in the Male 30-39 class, bad for me as this is the most competitive category for male long distance runners.
So far this year I have finished one regular marathon and 4 ultra distance events. My first 50K was in Hagg Lake near Forest Grove, Oregon. I decided on a whim to run it with some friends from my local mountain biking club many trial runners ride mtb on non training days to give the running muscles a break while still getting a decent cardio workout. Anyhow I did very poorly o at Hagg Lake: 74 of 78 with a time of 08:00:34. This course had very little elevation gain but conditions were difficult, had I been prepared my time should have been about 6.5 hours. I had no idea what I was getting into but I did finish. 24 runners either DNFd or pansied out at 25K. My non Monkey Name is Edward Larson. You can learn more about the Hagg Lake 50K by
CLICKING HERE
The type of trail running I do is endurance oriented and done on the same trails I mountain bike on XC trails for horses, hikers, bikers and motorcycles. The preferred trail is hard pack single-track forest trail with significant gain, difficult climbs and descents. Difficult conditions such as bad weather, mud, water crossings and technical obstacles only make the course more desirable. My favorite type of organized adventure run is the 50K Ultra Marathon (50K is a little over 31 miles). Since I am new to this very addictive sport I am still an experience runner and not a true competitor. Sort of like the SPORT class in mtb racing except all runners are categorized by sex and age. I am in the Male 30-39 class, bad for me as this is the most competitive category for male long distance runners.
So far this year I have finished one regular marathon and 4 ultra distance events. My first 50K was in Hagg Lake near Forest Grove, Oregon. I decided on a whim to run it with some friends from my local mountain biking club many trial runners ride mtb on non training days to give the running muscles a break while still getting a decent cardio workout. Anyhow I did very poorly o at Hagg Lake: 74 of 78 with a time of 08:00:34. This course had very little elevation gain but conditions were difficult, had I been prepared my time should have been about 6.5 hours. I had no idea what I was getting into but I did finish. 24 runners either DNFd or pansied out at 25K. My non Monkey Name is Edward Larson. You can learn more about the Hagg Lake 50K by
CLICKING HERE