The race that wasn't...

Mike has been training for this race for almost a YEAR!! He was ready both mentally and physically, which this race would have taken BOTH to finish. When we arrived in Reno on Wednesday, we could not figure out if it was smog or smoke or fog that was floating in the air?? Come to find out it was for sure smoke! Smoke from the CA wild fires that started burning the day before. Shortly after we landed we picked up Mike's pacer, Steve , he flew in from Wisconsin. We found out at soon as we arrived in Squaw Valley(start of the race) there may NOT be a race after all! A LONG 4 hours later we finally found out that there would in fact be NO race. Just too dangerous to send the runners off in the woods with fire! So we made the best of it!

Lemons in to Lemonade!!
See the smoke??

This is Mikes "pacer" Steve! He was going to help Mike run the last 40 miles! After you run 60 miles alone the race allows you to have someone run alongside you, a "pacer!"

Isn't he cute! ALL READY TO GO!! We hiked UP a 3.7 mile path to the top of Emigrant Pass, which was the first aid station. It took us 1 hour and 24 min! TOUGH!! trust me!

Part of the trail!

I just love the shirts!

See you next year!!
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