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The Beast of Burden is really two races, held both in winter and summer north of Buffalo, New York. All of the stereotypes about Buffalo weather hold true. We get snow and bitter cold. We get melting summers. To earn the coveted “Double Buckle” you must run both races, in that order, in the same year. There are no exceptions. The Beast doesn’t want to know your sob stories or excuses.
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Stage 5: Today was the first day I felt completely strong…mind and body. There were even moments when my eyes unexpectedly filled with tears because I knew nothing was going to stand in my way of finishing. Six days, 150 miles…and I was going to get a finisher’s medal, and I was going to do it side by side with some amazing people that I met along the way. All the things that terrified me about this race in the beginning were now fueling me in the end.
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We knew it had to happen. After seven years of moderate temperatures for this early August 50km, temperatures and dew points in the mid 70s slowed runners in the eighth Dahlgren Heritage Rail Trail 50km. Even with the full canopy, the bright sun quickly rose temps into the 80s slowing even the best and the midpackers baked in the 90s.
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When asked about her initiation into the sport, elite runner Amy Sproston mentioned a group of female ultrarunners in Washington D.C. who helped her get the bug. She began by training with them on trails throughout the east coast, and eventually, found herself running internationally.
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The number of total ultra finishers (includes gender breakdown) since 1980. 2016 as of 9/1/2016.
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Like any runner alone on the trails, you make friends and talk about things runners talk about: shoes, poles, clothing, fuel, food and beer. Those bonds grow and materialize into friends taking care of friends, or so that is my story and very brief introduction to Pearl Izumi.