At one and the same time I wanted to title this entry "A Humbling Experience" and "I Am Ultra!", however the latter seemed a bit to arrogant for my first ultramarathon finish (especially given the way it all played out) and the former is more accurate and accounts for the tale of my race. It'll likely take me a or two to fully digest and writeup my race report, but in the meantime here are some quick stats first.

I had an unofficial finish of 8:02, only 1 1/2 hours beyond our estimate for the race and only partially due to the heat. My race report will detail all the issues, but I know the estimate was right as my training partner who was also running this today finished within just a couple of minutes of the estimate. She was able to stay on plan and rocked it. Me? Give me a couple of days.

The race began in 67 degree temperatures that rose quickly. The average temperature was 95 with the max temp coming in at 110. A bit of an issue to deal with for an experienced ultramarathoner. For a first timer....I'm very pleased I didn't have a significant heat issue as part of my experience.

I burned only 6564 calories which strikes me as low for the effort today.

My mile splits came in as seen below. Not the fabulous 53 minute mile buried in there; that's when I stayed at an aid station for well on a half hour and got my head (and body) back in gear to continue. Let me just say at this time, if the radio operator had been next to the aid station as opposed to another 50 feet up the hill I likly would have DNF'ed as I walked into the station. Thankfully he wasn't, and the aid station workers knew exactly how to get me reset to target "at least the next aid station".

Mile splits: 9:31, 10:33, 10:46, 12:32, 13:56, 16:05, 10:37, 12:41, 12:02, 10:34, 8:55, 8:59, 14:07, 13:44, 12:-7, 11:39, 14:38, 14:50, 52:12, 22:35, 28:39, 26:49, 16:12, 13:58, 22:36, 14:10, 13:32, 26:03, 16:14, ?, ?.

Note: even after 8 hours in the heat and a substantially bad experience multiple times during the race I give this a "I feel great!" tag because, well, I AM ULTRA! :-)

UPDATE:
Fellrnr.com mile splits and stats are as below.

Heart Rate: Average=153, 99th Percentile=175, max 178
Average Cadence=57
efficiency=73.6
Lap 1, 09:36, 1.00 miles, Avg 150 BPM, Cademce 88, Efficiency=127.7
Lap 2, 10:44, 1.00 miles, Avg 160 BPM, Cademce 84, Efficiency=101.1
Lap 3, 11:02, 1.00 miles, Avg 155 BPM, Cademce 83, Efficiency=103.7
Lap 4, 13:38, 1.00 miles, Avg 162 BPM, Cademce 78, Efficiency=78.2
Lap 5, 13:30, 1.00 miles, Avg 164 BPM, Cademce 76, Efficiency=77.1
Lap 6, 16:27, 1.00 miles, Avg 171 BPM, Cademce 66, Efficiency=59.2
Lap 7, 10:11, 1.00 miles, Avg 166 BPM, Cademce 83, Efficiency=99.9
Lap 8, 12:56, 1.00 miles, Avg 169 BPM, Cademce 79, Efficiency=76.7
Lap 9, 12:06, 1.00 miles, Avg 167 BPM, Cademce 76, Efficiency=83.5
Lap 10, 10:45, 1.00 miles, Avg 165 BPM, Cademce 80, Efficiency=96.3
Lap 11, 09:25, 1.00 miles, Avg 165 BPM, Cademce 89, Efficiency=108.9
Lap 12, 09:45, 1.00 miles, Avg 168 BPM, Cademce 89, Efficiency=102.6
Lap 13, 13:43, 1.00 miles, Avg 167 BPM, Cademce 83, Efficiency=74
Lap 14, 14:33, 1.00 miles, Avg 167 BPM, Cademce 68, Efficiency=69.8
Lap 15, 12:06, 1.00 miles, Avg 162 BPM, Cademce 82, Efficiency=88
Lap 16, 12:34, 1.00 miles, Avg 166 BPM, Cademce 75, Efficiency=81.5
Lap 17, 16:11, 1.00 miles, Avg 153 BPM, Cademce 62, Efficiency=73
Lap 18, 16:32, 1.00 miles, Avg 161 BPM, Cademce 64, Efficiency=64.8
Lap 19, 41:25, 1.00 miles, Avg 131 BPM, Cademce 54, Efficiency=38.5
Lap 20, 18:27, 1.00 miles, Avg 155 BPM, Cademce 54, Efficiency=62.1
Lap 21, 23:33, 1.00 miles, Avg 161 BPM, Cademce 52, Efficiency=45.8
Lap 22, 21:34, 1.00 miles, Avg 143 BPM, Cademce 56, Efficiency=62.1
Lap 23, 25:45, 1.00 miles, Avg 139 BPM, Cademce 61, Efficiency=54.9
Lap 24, 15:57, 1.00 miles, Avg 157 BPM, Cademce 61, Efficiency=70.6
Lap 25, 13:59, 1.00 miles, Avg 157 BPM, Cademce 69, Efficiency=80.4
Lap 26, 20:04, 1.00 miles, Avg 136 BPM, Cademce 61, Efficiency=73.5
Lap 27, 14:13, 1.00 miles, Avg 141 BPM, Cademce 70, Efficiency=95.8
Lap 28, 16:59, 1.00 miles, Avg 149 BPM, Cademce 66, Efficiency=72.7
Lap 29, 23:05, 1.00 miles, Avg 141 BPM, Cademce 58, Efficiency=59
Lap 30, 15:31, 1.00 miles, Avg 152 BPM, Cademce 69, Efficiency=76.8
Lap 31, 11:59, 0.66 miles, Avg 143 BPM, Cademce 64, Efficiency=73.3