Twin Peaks 50k was my first ultra in over two years, and I was ner-vous! Quick backstory: In November 2007 I fell during a race and slammed my knee against a rock. This seemingly small injury nagged me for the next few weeks, and after I stupidly ran a 50k in early December, my knee was officially A Problem. It took almost two years of resting, very short runs, and lots of hiking and strength training before I felt confident about running longer distances again. I gradually built up my runs until I was running significant mileage to prepare for Twin Peaks, but I still wasn’t sure how my knee would hold up or how I would feel.

Twin Peaks 50k was my first ultra in over two years, and I was ner-vous! Quick backstory: In November 2007 I fell during a race and slammed my knee against a rock. This seemingly small injury nagged me for the next few weeks, and after I stupidly ran a 50k in early December, my knee was officially A Problem. It took almost two years of resting, very short runs, and lots of hiking and strength training before I felt confident about running longer distances again. I gradually built up my runs until I was running significant mileage to prepare for Twin Peaks, but I still wasn’t sure how my knee would hold up or how I would feel.