So today I was being unproductive as always (well lately at least!) during the little one's nap looking at logistics of doing the Superior 100 Ultra race up on the Superior Hiking Trail.
The race start is at 8am Friday Sept. 6 at Gooseberry Falls and I would hope to finish within 30 hours, so about 2pm Saturday in Lutsen.
Lodging needed for family spectating would be in Two Harbors Thursday and Friday night. Figure anyone involved could stay in Duluth Saturday post race, Lutsen is too expensive as it looks like they only have condo type rentals which would be cool for the weekend but would hurt the wallet!
Any suckers willing to pace me or work as a crew throughout the race could camp with me if they wanted Thursday at Gooseberry and sleep as needed in cars on Friday night during the race. Essentially you're on your own during the race if you are willing to help me out! "Helping me out" is a broad term that could include making sure I'm eating and drinking enough at 3am or running with me for a while. However I do prefer to do these things self supported if possible but any distance over 50 miles is new territory to me and having a bit of back up is most likely a good idea, but this is a topic all on it's own! We wouldn't need to camp Thursday but could save some hotel money.
So looking at the grand scheme of it all it would be a costly weekend; between travel up north, hotels, food, race entry fee it adds up pretty quick! What happened to the days where everyone slept in their cars!?
So the 100 miler would be a spendy endeavor, maybe a bit cheaper if I looked at the 50 miler which would only take up Saturday but still have hotels. Plus I wouldn't need any support so that makes any one willing to help life easier or at least much more comfortable!
So just a few thoughts on that for fun, I don't think it will happen, well at least not just yet! Running has been going well, injuries are staying away, and I'm feeling pretty good which is nice.
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