This past weekend Chris ran his first
ULTRA MARATHON.
If you are a runner you will know this is a huge accomplishment...you are in a whole different group when you are considered an "ULTRA" runner.
It's 31 miles people...considering he has not even been running for 2 years yet I am super proud of him. He finished 42 out of 127 runners...in 6 and 1/2 hours. This is an amazing time...remember trails times are so different from road times. He has been googling 50 milers on the IPAD.
Arkansas is beautiful...Pinnacle Mountain was amazing! At mile 3 Chris has to climb...yes with hands and feet over 750 feet up the side of a giant mountain. I know this sounds cliche but the weather was perfect...it was suppose to rain and be hot but the rain stopped the day before and the morning started in 50's and ended in the low 60's.
Nothing like SWEET KISSES to help you make it through the last 4 miles!
THIS, my friends, is why trail runs ROCK! Let's just say my cute boys were fed at the aid stations as well...we cheered for the runners and helped point them the right direction...the sweet, sweet workers were so kind!
The volunteers are so great about asking each runner "what do you need?" as they run up. They even start calling out what they have. My smaller runners where big fans of the Skittles and Nutter Butters.
We got to the race site around 5:15a.m. and didn't leave until after 1:00p.m....the boys were sooo good! Sam took a short nap in between driving to aid stations. They were in heaven...in the mountains with all of those trails and big boulders. After they tired from climbing and running, they used the rocks and leaves to build with.
Not once did anyone say my boys were "busy", "how do you keep up with them", or "they have soo much energy"...nope not once...their energy was appreciated...maybe those ultra trail running volunteers see the good in lots of energy...maybe we should move to the mountains...I think God made them for my boys!
After the race, they were grilling burgers and hot dogs. They had loads of other food as well. Chris ate at the race before we headed to get Mexican food to feed myself and the boys.
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