[fatozzig]

<p>Completed the Golden Gate 50k Trail Run this past weekend and got a report done.  It's extra, extra long, so be prepared to devote an hour or two if you choose to read it.  Used a bit of a different writing style this time.  Wish I was better at writing, 'cause I do love to do it.  Anyway, here it is: <a href="http://fatozzig.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://fatozzig.blogspot.com/</a></p>

 

[Mobius]

<p>Great report! I enjoyed the writing style. Sounds like brutal conditions. I HATE being cold. There are few things more miserable for me. Way to tough it out!</p>
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<p>PS. Couldn't see the photos.</p>

 

[fatozzig]

<p>Thanks. <span><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"></span></p>
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<p><span>I think I fixed the photo problem . . . .</span></p>

 

[Mobius]

<p>Photos fixed! Though frankly the first 100 look pretty rain free! (I know it's deceptive in photos.) The last 100 or so made me shiver.</p>

 

[pithydoug]

<p>I can offer empathy, sympathy for those type conditions. Sad to say I have had about 6 of races in cold, rain and mud. About 4 of them were 50 milers and not a lot of fun. Vermont 2003 was a SOB and then again in 2009. A bloody survival in both cases. Of course 650 MB bikes going out first kind of "softened" the footing to multiple inches of mud almost from the start.</p>
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<p>The hardest part of racing in conditions like this staying reletively dry which implies warmth. I also always have that extra wind breaker tired around my waist. Many times I never use it. The few times I have, it saved me from hypothermia and allowed me finished albeit soggy and tired.</p>
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<p>I'm sure for each race you do from now on, you will study the weather and prepare for the shittiest conditions.</p>
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<p>Way to gut it out!!!!</p>

 

[fatozzig]

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<p>I'm sure for each race you do from now on, you will study the weather and prepare for the shittiest conditions.</p>
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The real crappy part is for the month or more leading up to the race, we had absolutely gorgeous weather in Northern CA.  Figures.</p>
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<p>I go back on March 19 for the Pirate's Cove 50k.  Keeping fingers crossed for better weather.</p>
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[runNYtrails]

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<p>had to do an hour on the stairclimber last week so that werked out well for me Leslie.  i read yer RR and got a workout in !</p>
<p>Congrats on hanging in there ,  hope your next time out is more injoyable !   tho the event sounded quite miserable, i did injoy</p>
<p>reading about it.</p>
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[mudrunner]

<p>Finally got that spare time to read the RR....thanks for posting FOZ!</p>
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<p>Just think of it as perfect training for Pine to Palm!!</p>

 

[phredmur]

<p>Fatozzig:</p>
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<p>Just read your report. I felt like I was there, very immediate and descriptive. What a day to run 50k out there. My one run in the Headlands taught me how beautiful and challenging the area is. That run up the stairs and then the uneven dirt and rock path from Pirates Cove up to Coyote Ridge is tough in the best of conditions. I can hardly imagine doing it in steady cold rain. I think I need a hot cup of tea now.</p>
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<p>Great job. And I think this is great preparation for a 50 miler. At any point in that race, no matter how tired you are, you can say to yourself, "I've experienced worse."</p>
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<p>fred</p>