Big Sioux River

Can’t change the weather but you can still run 50K every day 🙂

3am alarm, 0n the road within 30 minutes, 2-hour drive to today’s course.  Extra nite in the same hotel.  No regrets; sleep does a body good.  Woke ready for the last leg of my Prairie adventure.  Truck-stop coffee & early morning rain.  Notta downpour, no wind, no hail… just light summer drizzle.  Would keep temps at bay a third straight day.

Lotta laps & a slow Half for Guinness Mom.  Stroller-push over rock & dirt on Baltic’s River trail not ideal.  Mom/daughter took a couple aid station breaks; I’d bust out a quick lap then rejoin.  Gal’s great company/been there every day — always with fun, young person life-stories.  Journey’s lot easier with 13+ miles under your belt.

2nd Half, Senior Olympics Day — me & German runner, Bolle.  Conditions suited me better.  Light rain, trail mud, lotta opportunity for aid station fuel.  Out-n-back just over a mile.  Would have to lap Bolle 4x to complete my distance ahead of his marathon.  I’d draft close, he’d push faster.  Popped in my ear buds, music blaring, cap low, eyes focused forward.  Hour slower than the 2 Sioux City(s) — today, trail — but another 50K first.

Final course awaits, route straddles last 2 states: North Dakota & Minnesota.

Prairie Series — Baltic SD