YUT-C 50K Ultra

September 24th was the first annual Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic 50K. This was my second go at an Ultramarathon. For non-running types, an Ultramarathon is anything longer than a marathon. In this case, it was a 50K (about 31 miles.) This race was a three loop course in Mill Creek Park in Yougstown. That was my first time there. Pretty nice park


Strange thing on this race. On the way to the race, Jeff and I was behind a car that was clearly a runner. We started to realize, this car was on its way to the same place we were heading....the race! All of a sudden, the car pulls over. We stopped to see if there were ok. That is when we met Kathy and Dolores from Medina. They were lost, so we offered for them to follow us. To make a long story short (too late), Jeff ended running most of the day and finishing with Dolores.

This was the first time this race was ran. I think they did a good job being the first one. This being only my second ultra, I am still not an expert on what a good or bad one is, yet. This could have used a bit more markings on the trails. I ended up off the course a few times and wondered if I was on it other times. However, the volunteers for this event were great. I have heard talks of next year doing a 50 mile and 100K version of the course. I had a great time.

Russell's Memorial Pictures

Last week, I was in DC for Russell's memorial service in Arlington Cemetery. I have posted pictures of the service here for people who want to see the pictures.

The service was well very done by the Navy. If you have never been to Arlington, make it a point to visit this place.

Also, special thanks to the jerk in the sunglasses who works there. You almost wrecked a very nice day for us.

Changes to ZDOG.

Ok, I know I have said this before. But I am making some changes to ZDOG. Enough people have told me nothing ever changes here. So, I am adding better blogging to get more content here. I am going to try Blogger for now. I may switch to wordpress or something like that. But for now, blogger does some pretty cool stuff.

Also, got me a new digital camera for better pictures and videos. I am keeping the look and feel sort of the same, but that may change as well.

So, I am going to try to keep this a little more updated with what is going on around me. I am pretty boring, so that may be tough.

Picture

Ok, just testing some things. Here is Becky at the Aquiarium while we were on vacation in the Outer Banks. This is by the stingray area. This was days before Ophelia hit. More pictures to follow!