Bighorn 100 Race Report: June 15-16, 2012
Ode to Bighorn Courtesy of Norm Cessna and Fotosport [ Note: I wrote most of this prior to having any inkling of a serious injury stemming from the race. So any thoughts on that I'll leave to the end as I don't want to spoil the overwhelmingly positive feelings I still take away from the race . The "Year of the Multiple 100s @ 50" as I christened my training blog this year now ends with two in the bag, though that's one more than I've ever done in the same calendar year. And stress fracture or no, the fire still burns bright to take on new challenges once I'm healthy again! ] You truly run out of superlatives when it comes to capturing the overwhelming natural beauty of this course, and that's what's drawn me back to Bighorn every June but one since 2007. Though the rivers were a bit lower and the valleys notably drier, the whitewater was still raging, the makeshift stream crossings still as tricky, and the windflowers in the mounta