What an event!Fun course, music, food, spirit, great people...
This thing had the whole package.
Black Dome's Jay Curwen got a bit over-zealous in expectations though, and after several other members of the 10-person Team Black Dome relay squad had to withdraw, felt the urge to sign up for the solo division...
Bad move.
Being a strong all around athlete is not comparable to the specificity of running for that many hours straight!
As they say...It is better to burn out than fade away...and burn out Jay did...After a 5 hour stint in the lead of the solo race..a lead that saw as much as 3 miles of daylight between himself and 2nd place (in the first 25 miles!) Jay realized that he was wholly unprepared to simply run for 24 hours...let alone do it at 7:30 per mile pace...
The IT bands started acting up about 25 miles in and by 40 miles...they (and he) were toast...40 miles in a bit over 6 hours was great but not quite the objective...Hey, maybe training for these things would help...
Anyway, it was all for a good cause as Black Dome donated $250 in gift certificates and another $400 or so in gear for the teams that stuck with it and burned up the course...and all the proceeds from the event went directly to providing critical fresh drinking water to needy kids in Africa who don't have the luxury of playing in the woods like we do...
This thing had the whole package.
Black Dome's Jay Curwen got a bit over-zealous in expectations though, and after several other members of the 10-person Team Black Dome relay squad had to withdraw, felt the urge to sign up for the solo division...
Bad move.
Being a strong all around athlete is not comparable to the specificity of running for that many hours straight!
As they say...It is better to burn out than fade away...and burn out Jay did...After a 5 hour stint in the lead of the solo race..a lead that saw as much as 3 miles of daylight between himself and 2nd place (in the first 25 miles!) Jay realized that he was wholly unprepared to simply run for 24 hours...let alone do it at 7:30 per mile pace...
The IT bands started acting up about 25 miles in and by 40 miles...they (and he) were toast...40 miles in a bit over 6 hours was great but not quite the objective...Hey, maybe training for these things would help...
Anyway, it was all for a good cause as Black Dome donated $250 in gift certificates and another $400 or so in gear for the teams that stuck with it and burned up the course...and all the proceeds from the event went directly to providing critical fresh drinking water to needy kids in Africa who don't have the luxury of playing in the woods like we do...
Check the link for all the details...
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