Baker ran this race this year.  He and I have run it multiple times and love the Lynchburg Ultra Races run by David Horton and Clark Zealand, like the 50 mile Masochist race I ran last November.  The ++ stands for 2 extra miles, for a total of about 33.5 miles.

Horton’s Races

Clark’s Races

This time, since my hamstring is healing from a strain, I supported him.  The race was run in Appomattox and the course is almost entirely on trails.  There was about 4 inches of snow on the trail.  Baker was in the lead group early, breaking the snow, which was quite brutal.

I caught him a little beyond halfway, in 4th place, to find out he hadn’t eaten anything and quickly gave him some Clif Shots and Bloks to fuel him up.  The lack of nutrition took a toll on him forcing him to drop a few places.  He was passed by a very tight group of people finishing in 12th place but only about 12 minutes, which is not a lot, behind 4th place.

I was also supporting my girlfriend Katie who was running her first ultra.

Pictures posted soon!

-Brian