It was a good race weekend for the trail trash gang. We had people running in the 100 miler and in the 50k this year.In the 50k race we had Chris, Adrian, Rich, Bernadette, and Alan running this year.
Chris had a fantastic race and was first over all. Bernadette surprised herself and was the first woman, she almost didn't come down because she thought it would be to hot, good thing she came. Then there was Adrian, his first ultra, I think it was his first trail race and he was second over all and first in the 50 and over category.
Rich had a good race considering I had
to help him get back on course and ended up in 9th. Poor Alan had a tough race but still managed to finish.In the 100 miler there was Hugh, Gary, Wayne and myself. Miles was not able to make it as he was fighting an injury.
Wayne and Gary had a fantastic race, they stayed together and finished tied for 3rd over all and 1st in the 50 and over category. Hugh had a fast first lap but an IT band issue forced him to pull out about 61k into the race. I surprised myself with a 3rd place finish in the 49 and under category and 9th overall.
To me it was a very successful year for all of us. Gary also set a new record for the Alberta Triple, 51:21:30 which is about 4 hours faster then the old record. Wayne was also faster then the old record but Gary had beat him by half and hour at Blackfoot. Wayne also ran and completed every race in the Alberta Ultra Series, so 6 ultras in 1 season.Now we all have the winter to recover and reflect on a fantastic race season. Which races we will all do next year nobody knows but I am sure that the Trail Trash will be up near the front.
