Today's event was a one of a kind running experience. John Jeha set out to complete 50 events in 50 weeks in his 50th year, and this was his 50th event! Congrats to him for taking on and completing the challenge, and thanks to him for inspiring many, I'm sure.
Check out his blog to read about more of his events and about his cause, the Challenged Athletes Foundation:
http://johnjeha.com/Blog/This event was small-- mostly friends of John and supporters of his events. It was cool for me to be a part of this and to hear stories from these runners, most of whom seemed to have participated in multiple Ironman triathlons and have done other crazy things like endurance swimming events. I'm not quite there yet...
The run started out on a section of the
Iron Horse Trail in Alamo, CA and we did most of the running up in the hills and trails of Las Trampas Regional Wilderness. The views and terrain were beautiful, and I enjoyed running through cattle pastures (right next to a couple of cows, one of which relieved himself as we passed) and chatting with a handful of great athletes. We ended up running about 7.25 miles, so it was post-billed as a "10K plus event."
