[Today’s run: 3.4 miles]<\/p>\n
After going to Iowa and back the weekend of the 18th\/19th\/20th, this last weekend I took Friday off again and we went down to Jackson, MS for the Big Butts 50k.<\/p>\n
My wife has been training for this race for a long time.\u00a0 I told her it was crazy to run a 50k ultra-marathon race in July in Mississippi.<\/p>\n
Well, it certainly was warm and humid, as one would expect.\u00a0 But she turned out to be crazy like a fox.\u00a0 Of the 88 starters, a whole bunch dropped out because of the heat and general misery.\u00a0 She ended up finishing in a bit over 10 hours and got 2nd place in her age division!\u00a0 That’s a great start to a career in ultras!<\/p>\n
Her sister and family came down to Jackson also and helped cheer her in to the finish.\u00a0 That made it a very special event.<\/p>\n
(I clap and cheer a bit, but not like she deserves.)<\/p>\n
Next up for her is the Chicago Marathon this October.<\/p>\n
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