Race Report: Lake Waramaug 100K...8th Overall. (Fastest 100K for a 60-Year-Old in North America?)
It was great to return to my favorite race...the Jack Bristol Lake Waramaug Ultra Races 100K! I have nothing but good things to say about the race director, the volunteers, the families/crews supporting their runners and my fellow ultra runners who are so kind and friendly. A great place to spin 7.6-mile, slightly hilly/rolling road loops (around a beautiful lake) for most of a day. Despite the strong winds (20 mph with much higher gusts) that wore me down a bit and the on-and-off drizzle, I finished 100K in 9:48:47. This was good enough for 8th overall and 5th male. My watch says I covered 62.6 miles at 9:24 pace with a moving average of 9:14 (I had about 10 minutes of stopped time). According the data posted at ultrarunning.com , I'm not only the fastest 60-year-old 100K runner in North America this year, but I'm the fastest since 2018 (which is as far back as the data goes). I realize there are not a lot of 60-year-old ultra runners and not a lot of 100K races (so the den...