Brighton to Homestead or last 24 (24.39) of the Wasatch 100 course. Great to connect with this part of the course before race day, now less than two weeks away.
The last 25 out of Brighton, mentally, is to be considered the last half of the race. It's a long, rocky, dusty, scrappy section of climbs (5200 gain) and descents (8362 drop) to the finish, which will be run entirely in the dark on race day--at least I hope so, if it's light, that would be morning light, meaning I'm waaaay off pace.
Ran with speedy Bob (Meuller), Seth Hales, Emily Brackelsberg, Amie Blackham all bseasoned Wasatch finishers, except for myself who will be attempting for the third time a Wasatch 100 finish (0-2).
Lots of runners on the trail on Saturday, nearly all of which are training for Wasatch, including David and Derek Blaylock, Ken Jensen (Derek and Ken are both 22 hour finishers, Ken finished 3rd just behind Karl in 1999). Hooked up with fellow blogger MatthewVH on the descent and he stayed with the group the rest of the way to Homestead--talented runner and he'll do well at Wasatch.
The taper has officially begun. Ready or not the beast is around the corner. | 