Surprise! Didn’t expect that!

I wanted to post to say I made it…all 24hrs…and I’m recovering. I’m waiting for final results from the race. I completed 92 laps for 82.9mi, but there’s a bit extra they have to add for the partial lap at the end. In the meantime, here’s a list of things I didn’t expect to see/happen during the North Coast 24hr Endurance Run:

• Race Director Dan shoveling sand off the course
• Participants running with umbrellas
• A groundhog
• The night to be so long…and bright
• A participant doing a handstand on the course
• Vegan pizza, burritos, hot dogs and burgers! Yeah!
• So much deal-making with myself, and the offer of beers-for-miles via Facebook to be so tempting…and motivating
• The smallest hill to look like a mountain after 40+ laps (the headwind didn’t help!)
• A cheese sandwich cooked on a camp stove to taste SO GOOD at 3am!
• Needing so little of what I brought, but better safe than sorry!
• Fireworks!
• Harvey Lewis run an amazing 150mi, and still take time to talk to most of the race participants
• Wind surfing on Lake Erie
• A man running in a flowery skirt, from start to finish
• TWO wedding parties, both with bridesmaids in purple
• The urge to run after 23hrs and 45min and sprint the finish
• So many people stumbling along through the night, when others would have given up!
• A shop that sold both worms and ice cream…gross!
• And lastly…that I would make it to 50 miles so quickly (for me)!

Like I said…full recap is coming! Ill be adding to this list as I recall more!