So after some light debate this week, I've settled on the Sun Mountain 50M for my Cascade Crest qualifying event. The bad news about this is that this will mean running a qualifying a bit earlier than I had intended (the race is May 22nd), but the good news is that I'm currently on track to be more than ready for it when it gets here.
I also got an email from the Cascade Crest organizer, who said among other things that the dropout rate before the race is typically about 30%. I really have to wonder why someone would sign up for such a big commitment, only to drop out before even attempting it. Obviously there are some people who have legitamite reasons such as injury or unforseen conflicts, but I can't imagine that accounts for a full 30%. Given that these races have such high levels of DNF already, giving up just seems strange to me. Then again, the $200 entry is probably a lot more precious to me than it is to other folks.
I don't really have an official route planned for this weekend; rather I'm going to simply run for about four hours or so and see where that gets me (or rather, two hours, then turn around and come home). Hopefully this will work out without me being stranded somewhere far from home. With my wife gone all this weekend, I'd probably have to call my parents to come pick me up if I was to wrecked to make it back on my own. So here's to hoping that doesn't happen.
In the meantime, I've got a dozen or so tax returns to finish.
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