Great job! Hope you visited Aggieville after!

aggiespartan said:

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Three Days at Syllamo

I did the 50k and 20k (so only 2 days). The trails up there are hard. And the cutoffs are too. This is a hard race series for back of the pack runners. They are progressive cutoffs, so you have to run faster in the beginning - you can't just be very consistent. They decided to extend the cutoffs for the 50k to anybody that could get back before dark. They did pull a lot of people though. I got back around 7:30 and probably had the fastest 8 mile stretch I had during the whole race. I didn't want to get to the end and have the guy feel like he shouldn't have let me continue.

This race series has a great community, and people who do this race every year. I'd recommend it, but you need to look at the cutoffs. The second day is a 50 miler, and a lot of people go into that with the mindset that they are going to get pulled. If you want a big challenge, any of the 3 days would be good. It's pretty difficult for a flatlander to train for anything like that.

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I really enjoyed Spirit of Syllamo a couple Decembers ago. I agree it seems to be a great community of locals up there and I'm glad to see you weren't too scared of getting back out there after your last "adventure" there.

I told my husband if any chance of storms was in the forecast, I wasn't going. It ended up just being really hot.

I've been trail running for a few years though Tejas Trails and Perspective Pacing. My favorite events are the night time trail races now out on by Perspective Pacing.

I did the a rocky Raccoon half marathon this past February (turned out to be 16 miles).

I am geared up for a half marathon on the beach in Surfside this weekend.

In August I'll do a 30k nighttime time race in Reveille Peak Ranch.

Hopefully, I'll do all this in prep to support a buddy doing the sticky Raccoon 100 miler next February.

I'm training 6 days a week (3 lift days, 3 mixed cardio). I've been playing with various training modalities. My bike trainer is my newest obsession. I also like to ruck and mountain bike.

Similar type of running for me. Got into trail running several years ago, and most of my Texas running is as a Pacer (Rocky Raccoon, Habanero, Dino Valley, Palo Duro, etc). I was supposed to run the Rise Racing Co. Panther City Ultra last weekend, but it was postponed (weather).

But I've also enjoyed expanding my horizons and running outside the area (Silverton CO Alpine Duo, Cody Peak WY, Grand Canyon R2R, Palo Duro Canyon, etc.).

Has anyone ever tried one of those running vacations? My feed on IG/FB is now flooded with them, and some of them look really cool.

I'll run wherever I can.

A few years back, I happened to be in Boulder on Memeorial Day Weekend and ran the Boulder Boulder 10k. Registered at 5 am and ran the race at 7:30 am. It was a lot of fun, and the post-race party was the best I'd ever seen.

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Has anyone ever tried one of those running vacations? My feed on IG/FB is now flooded with them, and some of them look really cool.

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assuming you are talking about the organized ones through an company like Rogue Expeditions?

I've never done one, but know people who have. Nothing but great things to say, however, that likely varies based on the company.

I've done similar trips with groups, but we planned our own trips.

AggieOO said:

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Sweep4-2 said:

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Has anyone ever tried one of those running vacations? My feed on IG/FB is now flooded with them, and some of them look really cool.

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assuming you are talking about the organized ones through an company like Rogue Expeditions?

I've never done one, but know people who have. Nothing but great things to say, however, that likely varies based on the company.

I've done similar trips with groups, but we planned our own trips.

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Yeah, Rogue Expeditions is the one I was looking at most closely. I also saw some on Vacation Races that looked pretty interesting. Glad to hear that the feedback from your friends who have gone is positive.

Mainly just looking for a way to run outside of Texas, and to do so with a small group of folks who also enjoy running in cool places. And to maybe expand my circle a bit.

I've thought about trying to do a self organized group, but I only run/train/travel with one other person. And while we travel/run great together, she doesn't always play well with others (so we pretty much have a run club of only two people).

My main question about these events is the age demographics.....I don't want to be either the oldest or the youngest on the trip (I'm 54).

Happy Cocodona Day. I'm curious to see how Courtney has altered her strategy this year after dropping at 100 last year while leading overall.

courtney vs rachel is going to be fun to watch!

I set off on Sedona 125 on Wednesday. Hopefully will get an extra lottery ticket for Cocodona next year. Bib #607

You got this!

Rachel is killing it, and Heather Jackson is having a hell of a race. Still a long way to go though.

@OO - just made it through the SD100 video. That was great. The long format made for a good watch.

Tried using Gemini to create a pace chart for Sedona and estimate aid station arrivals since I'm (already) too tired to think through excel. Google doesn't like ultras apparently.



Ultimately got to something that will hopefully be useful. Hopefully this will be a little less hectic than last year.

johnson2012 said:

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@OO - just made it through the SD100 video. That was great. The long format made for a good watch.

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appreciate it! I was a little concerned with how long it was, so good to know that you enjoyed the longer format.

our Cocodona 2025 video is next, just taking a while to get that one done. The goal was to have it out a couple weeks ago, but life gets in the way of editing.

hbc07 said:

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Tried using Gemini to create a pace chart for Sedona and estimate aid station arrivals since I'm (already) too tired to think through excel. Google doesn't like ultras apparently.



Ultimately got to something that will hopefully be useful. Hopefully this will be a little less hectic than last year.

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i'll be tracking! Looking forward to seeing her get some redemption out there.

The Aravaipa tracker seems to be crashing frequently. I've been using this site as (potentially better) replacement: https://tracker.urltest.space/races/sedona-canyons-125-2026

Things are going well. One successful nap overnight, one short "nap" to recharge. Looking like a pre-noon finish tomorrow is still in the cards as long as we can keep things moving.

I think I've accumulated 3 hours of sleep this afternoon, 2 hours this morning, and 4x30min last night while waiting in the car (so probably overall twice that of the 250 attempt last year). Working on hyping myself up for a 6-7 hour pacing stretch that starts in just about 2 hours with the temp supposed to drop into the 30s.

Tracker has been indicating she's moving along pretty decent. Glad to hear it's going well!

Watched her finish. She kinda got overshadowed finishing seconds before Andy Glaze, BUT that allowed her to get a full screen finish instead of the split screen.

Yeah, they were doing literally everything they could to get us out of the way.

They did acknowledge her finish two different times on the live stream. once immediately and then mentioned her again after the Glaze hype died down.

That's great to hear! Will have to watch it later.

i shot her a message, but tell her congrats and get her some sleep. You get some sleep too.

That was a pretty hard course, but I still managed to finish middle of the pack. The Hangover Trail was no joke. I did get a nice treat of running into Sedona at sunset. I still suck at climbing.