Planet Byde
...triathlete, paraglider pilot, ultra runner, Spartan, rock climber, and adventure racer. Focused on optimizing my nutrition to maximize my athletic potential. Faster in my 40s than I was in my 20s!
A very different race format this weekend! I showed up at the dam on Deer Creek Reservoir above Provo, Utah, to run 4 miles every hour until I cried uncle. This format is known as Last Man Standing, and if you can't finish the course within an hour, you can't start the next one and you are disqualified.
The course was a gravel trail along the lake with about 400-500 feet of elevation change. After 2.1 miles we punched our bib to prove we got there, turned around, and ran back to the start. There were about 60 runners crowded into the starting box at 8 am, when the temperature still hovered just above freezing. We were above the snowline, too, but this winter's record snowfall didn't make that hard to accomplish in late April!
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