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Pass Mountain 50k, Mesa AZ

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Just Before the Start Mesa , Arizona - November 10 2012-Pass Mountain 50k Approaching mile 29, I was chasing a six hour finish, the trail was weaving in and out of washes and I found myself being approached by two riders on horseback.   They yielded to me so I pushed hard up the little hill were they waiting for me to pass.   As I reached the top, muscle cramps in both my calves involuntarily collapsed me to my butt.   My first instinct was to grab at my right calf, which was knotted up.   I could not flex either of my feet without pain.   The two riders looked down at me concerned, and asked if I was okay; I knew eventually the muscle cramps would pass, but for the time being I was lying on the ground embarrassed.   They stayed with me until I was able to get up and hobble off to complete the last two miles of the race. The Start of the Race: It was chilly and breezy out, thick clouds covered the mountain tops, and the sun was slowly making an appearance as we were minu

For the love of it

The last few days I’ve had this hunger and desire for running I have not felt in a long time. It’s exciting and nerve racking at the same time. I have to stop the urge to sign up for every race. Financially I would go broke and physically I’d be in pain and ailing from every over use injury possible. Nonetheless, I am focused on a few races for sure. This Saturday I’m participating in the Aravaipa’s Pass Mountain 50k Endurance run. I want to run it hard and leave it all out on the trail. I have some fears of doing that, yet I have nothing to lose. All I know, I never want to DNF again. That may or may not be possible, but I hope to find the strength I had during my first 50k - in September of 2011 - in all my future races. The Noble Canyon run lived up to everything I had read and heard about ultra running. I started this blog just before I ran Noble Canyon. In all honesty, I have always had the desire to be noticed and in the lime light and alas was the wrong reason to