50K Finisher!

5 hrs 46 min to cover 31.1 miles. Saturday was my first 50km run. The 20th Century Ultra started at Garcia Station, a former stop along the Iron Horse trail near I-90. It followed the Iron Horse trail down to RattleSnake Lake and then took the Snoqualmie Valley Trail to Tolt-Macdonald park in Carnation. Most of the running was on old railroad grade turned to hike/bike trail. It was a pretty day, with temps in the mid 60's and only a little bit of rain.
While the tread of the course was very monotonous, the route was pretty much slightly downhill the whole way. Overall, I felt pretty good with the usual sore knees and arches.
Highlight was definitely running into an old Philmont friend at one of the rest stations.

Takeaways, need some trail running gaiters to keep pebbles out of the shoes. Need to explore more food options, after 20 miles or so bananas and other quick snacks stop being interesting. Need to work gatorade or other sport drinks into my onboard hydration system.

Huge Thanks to Stephanie and Bill for showing up here and there on the course to cheer me on.