It sprinkled for a total of about five minutes, until the final mile of the Ouachita Trail 50K, when a torrent fell.
Once again, I ran ridiculously negative splits. I went through 17 miles, at the turnaround, in 4:50, and finished in 7:55:15. I was at 20 miles, at the scenic overlook (which a beautiful, four-eyed, Chinese-looking chick and I used as a turnaround on training runs in late 2005 and early 2006) in 5:37:47, so ran the last 11 miles in 2:17:28. I went through the final aid station, at the base of Pinnacle Mountain's east summit trail, in something close to 7:11, so I had 49 minutes to cover the final 4.1 miles in order to break eight hours. It took me about 17 minutes to run the 1.3 miles to the end of the Ouachita Trail at the Pinnacle Mountain Visitors Center. With 2.8 miles left (fairly accurately measured with a 1994 Toyota Camry), I was at 7:28:32. I ran the all-asphalt home stretch in 26:43, and the final two miles in 10:40 and 9:32.
I am pleased, very hungry, and will, I believe, be much sorer tomorrow than I was the day after the Little Rock Marathon. My knees and feet hurt.
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Socorro is laughing her ass off at Scout and I for taking the under. "You two are fucking morons," she said while rolling on the floor with tears flowing from her eyes.
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