The clock can be a heartless creature in an ultra-never stopping, the minutes ticking by relentlessly. 24 hours can seem to go on forever, especially when those hours involve circling a quarter mile track. A long time ago when I was in college the idea of running 24 hours wasn't such a stretch. So for 24 hours from June 6 - 7, 1981 I circled the track 508 times, plus 1219 feet for a total of 126 miles and change - an effort that earned me 3rd place and ranked me as 9th best that year. Memories of that day are: wondering if we should get of the track when thunderstorms approached (we didn't!), waking up my dad as I approached the 100 mile point since I was so excited, being so sore towards the end it was easier just to walk the last few hours (don't think about sitting down in the porta-potty as getting back up was torture, and maintaining good nutrition by eating half a cheese cake, a dozen or so donuts and a big pack of fig newtons. Now in my senior years I can look back and be amazed with my effort and it gives me the motivation to get out there and do it again. Nothing is impossible in ultras.
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Impressive, keep on running!
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Wish the training was as easy now as it was back then. This old body takes awile to get back in shape. But age group competition won't be as tough.
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