My Actifit Report Card: December 31 2024

I'm late with this posting but I finished off a very good 2024 down in Peoria Arizona at the Across the Years ultramarathon festival with a fantastic 24 hour run over the New Year - 91.6 miles total.

I arrived on Sunday evening to get set up and spent Monday relaxing before the 9am Tuesday start. My hope was to better my 81 mile effort last month and to see how close I could come to 100 miles inthe 24 hours.
I decided to simply crank out the miles at a roughly 11 minute mile pace and bank as many miles as I could before the inevitable tiring legs reduced my pace to a power walk.

The course was a rough figure-8 loop around the Peoria Sports Complex along concrete pathways and (very dusty) dirt sections that soon had my lower legs covered in fine dust.
I would end up changing shoes and socks 3 times over the course orlf the race but fortunately no blisters.

I managed a steady run for 50 km before I slowed it down to a brisk walk after just under 6 hours.
I'd continue to crank out steadiness over the hours with just a few short pauses to grab a quick snack, bathroom break and adding ice to my bandana and skin cooler shirt before resuming my race.

We closed out the year with a mini celebration at the main race center with champagne and snacks as midnight hit and my Year ended with 63 miles completed in the first 15 hours of the race - but there were still 9 more tough hours to cover before my ultra was done.