Race Recaps

Race date: July 22, 2023  At the pre-race meeting, the evening before, we're instructed on how to navigate the course successfully. "Try not to throw up," the medical director mentions, since it can deplete your body of valuable liquids and electrolytes. I mentally add that to my list of tries for tomorrow. Someone else on the race staff steps forward and says that on the section of trail he marked a week earlier, mountain critters of some type have been eating the colored sprinkler flags he put in the ground. So we're told we may need to keep an eye out for bare metal wire sticking up from the ground. At least that portion of the race will be in daylight. Race start time is 2:00 AM. Check in at 1:30. We'll be working a graveyard shift in the mountains. I have the seats folded down in the back of my SUV and make myself a little bed. The guy next to me gets into the passenger seat of his car and leans it all the way back. We both nod to each other, acknowledging th