GUYS, I DID IT

I ran an ultra-marathon!*

50K (31.1 miles) to be exact. It took me five hours, but I did it. Got a badge on my Garmin, too.

Turns out breaking through that marathon barrier is much more mental than it is physical (though I kind of figured it would be).

Now…any other year, this distance would be sufficient. But because the Calgary Marathon is celebrating it’s 60th year next year, the ultra-marathon distance has been increased from 50K to 60K. So I need to tack on another 10K (6.2 miles) to what I ran today. That’s another hour-ish of running.

Can I do it?
I guess we’ll see!

It’s so nice, though, to have this distance accomplished.

*I guess any distance longer than a marathon is technically an ultra, but 50K is the generally accepted “shortest” ultra distance in most cases when it comes to actual races.