I can’t think of many things that I’d rather do than spend a few days out in the middle of the woods. Ryan and I drove out to Lake Sylvia Friday morning. Once we arrived, we changed and took our bikes out for a nice 40-miler (see route below). It was just enough climbing to be interesting without making us hate life too much. When we got back, we set up camp and made the discovery that the showers at the campgrounds were actually cold water cannons. After building a fire, we ate some dinner (followed up by smores, of course!) and settled in to our tent. We also found a walking stick…

And Ryan did the dishes :D

Saturday morning, the 100 mile race started at 6:00am. We were asleep, but, thanks to our neightbors at the next campsite over, who talked as loudly as possible at every opportunity, we didn’t need an alarm clock to get up soon after. We met up with the Warthog crew to caravan out onto the race course and set up the Club Flamingo aid station- where the runners would pass through at both 39 and 76 miles on the out & back course. Here are a few photos from the caravan and aid station…

Rockin’ the GPS

Ouachita Mountains

Action shots:

At the aid station:

I’ll get a few runner photos up soon…