@steve-desmond Still planning to give it a shot? I think it would be hard to get a decent night’s sleep after running 23 miles, and when you start back up your legs will still be tired. Unless you’re used to that, a better strategy would be starting early in the morning and going continuously until you’re done, even if you have to take extended breaks between some of the courses.
Unfortunately was feeling slightly under the weather as of Tuesday night so I called it off between that and all the flooding (not that the storms stopped you 
), and now that I’m back on the mend and things have dried out a bit, I think I’ve missed my nice weather window, given childcare-related restrictions.
I would have been cutting it really close even with ideal conditions, so at this point my plan is to continue building up a solid base over the winter and regroup for the spring if this happens again.
And now that I’m home from the PGXC championship, it looks like @aaronking32 spent the day working on the FLRC 100K Ultra Challenge, with seven courses done and only the three easiest to go. For a minute, I was worried that he hadn’t finished the first seven in time, since he started his first course, Forest Frolic, at 4:37 AM and his most recently posted seventh course, Black Diamond Trail, at 4:02 PM, but then I realized he had done the bulk of the miles in roughly 12 hours, not the 24 allowed.
And @Petorius, 15 East Hill Rec Way in one session? Which I presume meant a 30-mile day?
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And Aaron’s times are quite impressive given it’s a 65-mile day for him!
Yes, I ran 15 out-and-backs on the EH Rec for 30 miles total. It was monotonous and took longer than I’d hoped, but I needed it to continue my own challenge of running a continuous marathon or longer on all 10 Challenge courses by year’s end.
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Wow, the marathon on each course is impressive! Was particularly wondering about this one when you first mentioned it. Glad you were able to make it happen.
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Based on the activity log, @DamianClemons might be going for the Ultra Challenge today, but I can’t tell for sure. He could be just scouting out the road and rail trail courses, but he’s finished 5 of the 10 in less than 6 hours.
And what’s with all the action on the East Hill Rec Way today? Am I missing something?
I think @DamianClemons is indeed going for it—he mentioned at Sunday’s PGXC race that he was thinking about it this week, and the weather looks worse going forward. He’s taking a completely different strategy than @aaronking32, so he’ll have a bunch of trail running coming up in the dark. Go, Damian!
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alright – let’s go @DamianClemons!
@DamianClemons got to nine courses last night with just Pseudo Skunk Cabbage to go, but that’s when the Activity Log goes cold. Hope you’re OK, Damian, and let us know what happened. Hopefully, it was just a posting error with Webscorer!
Adam I am alive and well. Will provide an update this weekend.
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And please tell me Paul Maza and Jami Landry are both going for the Ultra Challenge right now!
They were planning it, and yes, it looks like they’ve completed Frolic, Thom B, Danby, Tortoise, and Waterfront Trail so far. So that’s five courses down, and the four hard trail courses that are best done during the day. Go Paul and Jami!
Yep we’re out here! Just finished #6 black diamond. Thanks for the encouragement!!
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It’s looking like @FARVets and @Jami finished in time, though I’m not seeing a final East Hill Rec Way time for Jami yet, likely just a posting issue given that they’d been running for nearly 24 hours. Congrats!
Yup! We finished; I just emailed you about the last post. My phone froze; I sent you my Strava from my watch.
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And @DamianClemons is at it again, cold and snow notwithstanding! He’s six courses in now, with all the trails and Pseudo Skunk done. Four easier, flatter courses left to do before 7am. Go, Damian!
Looks like he got it done in about 23 hrs 6 minutes! And definitely in nastier weather than his last attempt.
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Yay!!! Congrats, @DamianClemons !! Hope he’s warm and sleeping right now.
Was definitely the first thing I checked this morning!
That’s perseverance! 
