Retrospective Race Report
I had run my fastest marathon at Houston Marathon 2012. I was planning on running my first ultramarathon at Grasslands 50 Miler. But I had never run a trail race.
I remember thinking the hills at Huntsville State Park were big. Little did I know I would race much big hills over the years. Other than that, I do not remember too much.
I was 11th place out of 82 runners. As of 2025, this was 2nd fastest marathon of my career, even though it was trail.
Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I had kept focusing on the marathon in 2012 and on. I might have been able to run a few more sub-4 hour races. Perhaps even qualify for Boston. But I wouldn't trade the ultras I ran for that.
James and Paloma
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