Jenny Hoffman
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What a great day! We were lucky that Jim let us into this run at the last minute. It was a fantastic training run and a great group of people to run with. The weather was nice, very sunny but a merciful cool breeze that blew the whole day. The course was unmarked, and we have a few oopsies following the map and written instructions. In particular, we went about a mile out of our way, uphill, near the end of the run, and an extra uphill mile after 45 already threatens morale... but luckily on our detour we saw a HUGE tarantula, the first time we've seen one in the wild. It was so cool and big and furry, it totally made up for the accidental detour. It was a great confidence boost to finish under 10 hours (barely!) and as an extra bonus, finishing fast just gave us more time to hang out with Wendell and Sarah and Aaron at the finish line. Thanks a TON to Jim and Sandy for organizing, and to Sarah and Aaron for providing fruit and water and encouragement all over the course, and to Wendell for staying just out of reach and providing motivation to keep running... Diablo
50-miler 
For more beautiful photos of the whole course, visit Don Lundell's photo page (and here is his business page ZombieRunner). Also see some aid station photos of other runners at Jim's page. |