Fantastic day of running today, likely my best so far on this adventure. My friend’s son Henry is a student at U of O and he wanted to run with me today. His longest run to date was a ½ marathon and he was determined to run longer than that today.
The conditions aligned perfectly. We had cooler temperatures, a mostly flat course (54 feet of elevation), and relatively quiet roads. Henry and I got into a good rhythm and knocked out the ½ marathon fairly quickly. We ran a few more miles and stopped for lunch at 17 where I thought he was going to stop. Henry decided he wanted to press on and try for the marathon distance so we went for it. It looked like his legs were hurting a bit but he successfully ran his first marathon! Then much to my surprise he said he wanted to go to the end of my route today. We ran 29.5 miles so Henry completed his first marathon and his first ultramarathon today. I had someone to talk to so the miles went quickly and we had a great day.
