This was quite the event. And the first FatAss event I finished, and won.
I was quite disorganized as I had just moved to Ashland, and was making a quick trip down from Ashland and was planning to stop by Pahatsi to grab a few things and clean the house. As a consequence, I didn't quite start on time as I was the last one to check in. And I missed the first turn and was playing catch up from the get go. Then as we descended Bowling Ball Alley, I lost my phone, my map, and some of my food... I tracked down the phone after 45 min (I had a rough GPS track of the route, so this would be my map from then on). Once I caught up to a few folks on an out an back, I thought I could catch up to them so I could continue on with company.
Then we hit SawItalian bar... which was a royal bitch. This is a 3000 ft off trail, steep cliff that is covered in poison oak and blackberries. I think this took me 4 hours and I was convinced I took the wrong route and was behind the lead crew, who I could hear every once in a while, when I was tunneling through the blackberries. Turns out I took the "best" way up and left Bueno, Scott and Loren behind. When I got to the next aid station, I figured I'd keep going as they were probably an hour behind me. So... turns out I spent 23 of the 24.5 hrs of the race running solo. Good mental training. There's pics in the strava link below.
http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=64837
Results
http://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=64837
