Susan Donnelly Ultramarathon Trail Runner. Motivational Speaker. http://www.susanruns100s.com
Inaugural Cumberland Trail 50k Date : October 25, 2009
Dreama and the elk.
We have an embarrassing wealth of trails in this part of east Tennessee but few if any ultras. Through a haphazard series of events, I kind of fell into the idea of putting on a new 50k and the next thing I knew, Rob Apple and I were out scouting locations. Designing a race from scratch The fun part was searching out a location, dreaming up the course and finding a way to put all the pieces together – course, aid stations, start, finish, etc.. The tough part was the practical details and giving up so much running time to do it. Fortunately, we’d found a location so perfect the idea was far too good to pass up. Now was the chance to put all the race experience I’d accumulated over the years to good use and create race I’d be proud of. Early on, when motivation was tough, the thought of showing off the mountains I grew up with and doing something good for them kept me going. Once entries from real runners, most of
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