Dinosaur Valley Endurance Run 2022: My first 100 mile ultramarathon in 32 hours 51 minutes 11/19/22

This years Dinosaur Valley Endurance Run was so much fun. Tons of folks there that kept the vibe going all weekend. If you are interested in this race first off...I'd recommend it, and second this video should give you a pretty good grasp of the course. I tried to allow for a little bit longer clips of just the trails so you could get a good idea of the terrain. The 100 mile course consists of 1 5mile loop, then that is followed up by 9 10.5 mile loops.
My friend Mario from Oklahoma texted my wife while I was on my first loop to see if I had a pacer for the night loops. I didn't have a pacer and he dropped everything and drove 5 hours to run with me through the night. He just got off a race weeks ago where he had stress fractures in his feet, plus he went for a training run that morning...but nothing was going to stop him and that is the kind of bad ass he is. I truly could not have done it without him and I am so thankful. You'll seem him full of energy and life in the video starting at night fall. In total he ran a 50K that day....which is insane!
My amazing wife kept me feed and fueled all weekend all while being under the weather. She is such a rock star and you can hear her with her voice almost all the way gone cheering me on...I love her so much.
I PRed my 100K time by 6 hours hitting the 62.3 mile mark at 15hrs 41 min
I finished the 100 mile at 32hrs 51min
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[@blackbox5992]

Congrats!!

[@SeeRichardRun]

Thank you

[@willfox9952]

That's awesome. Inspired

[@SeeRichardRun]

Thanks

[@jasonwish-]

Nice job! Not too many of us farmers that run crazy long distance stuff like this!

[@SeeRichardRun]

💪

[@Runnerrwe]

Great job. It was very cold. My valve on my hydration vest freeze up one time.

[@SeeRichardRun]

That’s the worst. I hate when I get cold and can’t get rid of the shivers.

[@Simco_]

You have any idea why the race numbers jumped up so much here? Doesn't seem like there's anything bad about it all but just kinda seems like another race. Is it the new location? What's going on? I remember they've been through like 3 different courses and they've wiggled around when in the year they put it on.

[@SeeRichardRun]

Not sure, the last three years have been pretty consistent when it comes to the course and location. Seemed like this past race there were a lot of running groups/clubs there. I know the race director has said they are trying to become a Western States qualifier so I’m sure there has been a push to get the numbers up.