Here's a quick report and a few photos from the 2015 Santa Barbara 100 Miler.
Tiffany and I crewed Marshall, and I paced the past 30 miles. Working with Tiffany and Marshall is about as easy as it gets when it comes to ultras. They really know what they are doing, and there is never a complaint to be heard.
It is a tough course, with about 24,000 feet of climbing. It was a small field, with about 40 to 50 runners starting the 100 miler, and less than that in the 100k. The 100 miler started at 6pm Friday, so all the running in the dark is towards the beginning of the race. Unfortunately, it also meant that the technical downhills were mostly in the dark, while the big climbs were in the heat of the day.
Marshall ran a strong race. He was in third place much of the way, dropped back to fifth at one point in the heat on Saturday afternoon, then came back and finished fourth. The one runner we lost was the first woman, and she ran a great race, finishing strong the last 40 miles or so. Marshall ran - not shuffled - almost the entire last five miles. His final time was 25:43, two hours faster than he ran last year at the same race. A successful and fun weekend all around.
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Coming into the Mile 10 Aid Station,
with Dean Karnazas in the foreground |
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| Mile 57 Aid Station |
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| At the Mile 70 Aid Station in the morning |
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| Leaving the Aid Station at Mile 70 |
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| Leaving the Aid Station at Mile 83. We were running with a fellow named Matt, whose son was yelling "go dad!" as we left |
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| The Finish Line |
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| Tiffany, Marshall and Me |
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