tarheel
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My granddaughter ran the Houston marathon yesterday; 6889 runners in total and she came in 104th in the female gender (top 3%), 6th in her division (20 to 24 yr. olds) and 506th overall. Not too bad for one so young who has only been running marathons for about 3 years.
Last spring she ran her first ultra marathon (50K) and thought she had won resoundingly but learned that after leading nearly the entire race she had made a wrong turn near the finish at a poorly marked trail and so was disqualified.
This race is part of her prep and training for a 50 miler she'll be running this spring in Wisconsin. We've been to some of her cross country events when she was in college and maybe some day we'll get to see her cross the finish at one of her longer races.
This was at her ultra last spring; don't know how she manages to smile while punishing her body so.
Last spring she ran her first ultra marathon (50K) and thought she had won resoundingly but learned that after leading nearly the entire race she had made a wrong turn near the finish at a poorly marked trail and so was disqualified.
This race is part of her prep and training for a 50 miler she'll be running this spring in Wisconsin. We've been to some of her cross country events when she was in college and maybe some day we'll get to see her cross the finish at one of her longer races.
This was at her ultra last spring; don't know how she manages to smile while punishing her body so.