Monday, October 24, 2016

The Bad Thing 50 km Ultra - Saturday October 22, 2016
























 Ran Ontario's only point to point 50K Ultra " The Bad Thing " on Saturday.    Loved the course  a real mixed bag of crazy single track 40% ,   tractor trails 40%   and road sections 20%.    Jumped on a bus in Auburn at around 6:30 am for a short ride into Goderich and before I knew it we were off and running at 7:00 am.   The race started at the Kiwanis Park just above the harbor.       We made an immediate drop to the harbor where the salt mine was then made a spectacular crossing of the Maitland River  over a very high foot bridge.   First single track was along the river bank in the dark narrow with lots of camber.     Made our way through a residential area of Godereich before heading out of town following the beautiful Maitland River.   First half of the run was a series of single track and tractor trails,  some easy and some really tough but all quite enjoyable.   The weather was iffy at best ,  high winds  ,  temps pushing 5C and lake effect showers even a little bit of frozen stuff thrown in.   In the forest it wasn't too bad but out in the open the wind was really nasty.   I was a little bit over dressed but for the most part quite comfortable with a single layer head to toe thermal gear.  Aid stations were space allot further apart then I am use to but I knew about it before hand so it was a no big deal thing.    I was felling pretty good and moving well through 34K but then I hit a section where all the hills were named ,  Lady's Slipper,  Old Eagle Nest and Cedar Hill.   Named hills are always something to behold and through the 40K mark it was pretty tough going.   Was little dehydrated and under nourished through the final 10Ks was still running 90% of the time but was doing the odd walk to  manage the HR and temps besides I wasn't looking for a time.    I the final K we did a river crossing it was a great way to clean up before wrapping the the run up.      Finished in 7hrs15min in 31 st position out of the 39 finishers.    Had a quick beer and a bit of chilly before heading out.    

Overall it was a great event a must so on next years race calendar.   It was staged from a great venue,  had fantastic volunteers including ample marshals at the important places.
























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Garmin elevation profile...
















Splits

16:20.86:20.86:171.0020316:216:175:011591760.9981
28:09.514:307:411.005178:097:415:341411680.8781
38:48.123:198:401.00898:488:407:361381620.8261
47:18.130:377:151.003107:187:155:461431610.9676
58:14.938:528:131.0040--8:158:135:171351610.9076
66:12.445:046:091.009156:126:095:471551641.0486
78:21.453:258:091.0026108:228:096:001401700.8575
85:47.059:125:391.0013--5:475:395:291571631.1084
910:361:09:489:291.0044210:369:295:381261750.7563
1010:571:20:459:051.0022--10:579:057:041121850.8156
117:54.41:28:407:491.0016337:547:493:481401790.9078
127:42.21:36:227:381.0011--7:427:384:041441890.9078
135:52.71:42:155:471.00--115:535:475:021541611.1083
147:09.01:49:247:041.0024--7:097:045:341531590.9289
159:54.71:59:188:271.0043309:558:273:391111810.9170
169:28.62:08:479:061.0016379:299:066:231271780.8372
179:57.42:18:448:461.0017299:578:466:001181790.8571
187:04.92:25:497:011.004--7:057:016:121521630.9377
196:21.42:32:116:151.009--6:216:155:581541611.0287
209:13.12:41:249:111.0033299:139:114:311181720.9273
217:44.72:49:087:421.0027--7:457:425:131351630.9575
228:59.72:58:088:311.008309:008:315:511321820.8472
236:42.23:04:506:371.00466:426:375:051521590.9886
249:24.43:14:159:211.0029109:249:215:541241580.8574
259:02.33:23:178:441.0019269:028:446:021311680.8468
266:55.83:30:136:551.00--116:566:555:551511970.9687
277:12.33:37:257:111.00617:127:115:501461560.9589
288:31.13:45:568:151.0011--8:318:153:061361590.8774
298:49.23:54:458:431.009--8:498:436:301301560.8774
308:20.94:03:068:191.007--8:218:194:551261780.9567
317:50.84:10:577:431.00197:517:435:401281591.0080
328:06.14:19:037:561.005208:067:566:371471700.8472
339:18.64:28:228:471.008--9:198:477:231301560.8360
3412:034:40:2510:171.0019712:0410:177:231061680.7853
3513:224:53:4710:281.0013213:2310:287:581081630.6954
369:59.85:03:479:591.0082610:009:596:411151680.8762
3714:085:17:5510:481.00251214:0710:486:44931680.7653
3810:405:28:359:551.0092410:409:557:381251590.7557
398:03.35:36:387:541.003--8:037:546:281391580.9084
4010:055:46:438:401.0023--10:058:405:511041560.9569
417:09.15:53:527:041.002--7:097:045:541431580.9878
427:41.86:01:347:291.0013147:427:296:111371560.9579
438:14.56:09:498:131.0023148:158:136:411341610.9073
447:36.56:17:257:321.00--267:367:326:231431560.9278
458:49.26:26:148:471.0018--8:498:476:201261580.9066
468:06.76:34:217:441.00--168:077:446:061391780.8981
477:03.66:41:256:551.0013107:046:555:551451590.9879
488:21.16:49:468:161.00--58:218:166:351271580.9471
498:15.26:58:018:091.0013--8:158:095:191361590.8962
508:03.97:06:058:031.00--98:048:035:121371590.9174
519:16.37:15:218:381.0024--9:168:386:191181590.9167
520:10.47:15:310:080.03----6:335:026:191521541.012
Summary7:15:317:15:316:53:2451.03668





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1 comment:

Robin said...

Congrats, sounds like a fun race!!