20 years ago today (10/08/00): I took the plunge and ran my first Ultramarathon to start the moth off with a bang. I’m not sure why I chose the Chancellor’s Challenge 100k in Boston, but I remember thinking that if I was going to go beyond the marathon I’d REALLY go beyond the marathon. It was windy and in the 40’s as we took off on ten 10k loops that did a figure 8 passing the Hatch Shell every 5k. I went out conservatively in the early miles trying to relax and let the miles pass. I hit the marathon in 2:47 and thought “I’ve never raced further than this”. My next marathon was run in 2:50, and I closed out the distance with a 1:09 for the final 10 miles. For the first half of the race I hovered around the top ten then slowly began passing people. I went into the lead at 75km (46 miles) and pulled away for a 7 minute win in 6:46:39. At the time that got me ranked 9th on the U.S. 100km list. The race was superbly managed by Dave McGillivray, and I took home $3,000 for the win.
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