Happy Feet!

No swelling, no blisters! Ready for day 4!

Toast Again!

We did 30.5 today, nice day but hot. It's still fun at 110 miles in but we are tired. 

Things looking up

Day 3 hot, sunny, more relaxed. Custer to Mystic.

North End

Day 2 was a long day again, slow progress with 35 miles. Cooler temps, steady climb and descent. Got chased by a cattle drive, sharpei'd and chicked some mountain bikers going uphill, sniffed the ponderosa pine bark- yes, Ed did that too!

Logistically it's been sort of awful, torturous, without a crew. More about that in the full post, later.

After a wait for some burgers at a roadside restaurant, picking up the car at the Dumont trailhead, getting gas before the gas station closed in Lead, and a trip to the grocery store before it closed at 9 pm, we had a 55 mile drive to Custer, checked back into the Rocket Motel around 10:30 pm, then got showers and crashed around 11 pm.

We discussed some ways to salvage this thing before it becomes not fun. More details soon!

Nice start

Awesome!

The Longest Day...so far

Today we ran south 22 miles from Custer out and back. It was uphill the whole way, both ways! The weather forecast underpredicted the heat by at least 10 degrees. Woke up at 4:30, car drop at Pringle, back to Custer, then ran our hot 44 miles. The last 2 miles in a thunderstorm, which was welcome.

After that we ordered pizza, and during the hour it took to wait for it we drove to pick up my car in Pringle, went to the grocery store for more food & ice, then we got the pizza, scarfed it, then drove an hour to Deadwood to check into our overpriced hotel.

It's been quite the challenge to run, drive, eat, sleep, resupply, and fit it all in each 24 hours! We'll just take it a day at a time.

Time to sleep!

Day 1 Update

44 miles, as Ed said, "a walk in the park, that sucks." Long hot day.