Antelope Canyon Ultra Marathon Race Report
Sometime in September ‘19 I got the bug to fill up the adventure calendar for 2020 and an email from VacationRaces.com caught my attention. After clicking on the link I saw pics that I’ve normally seen only as computer wallpaper or screen savers. Described as two of the most photographed places in the US, Slot Canyons in Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River, happened to offer an ultra marathon with camping options! That combined with a book I had just finished about a runner turning Vegan and increasing his performance resulted in only a 30 seconds pause for me to register for the 50 mile ultra marathon distance race scheduled for March 14, 2020. And I was going to do it on a full vegan diet. I found a 16 week training plan on Runnersworld.com and started following it on November 25th. I did a better than average job of sticking to the plan that included getting in the necessary miles to be able to accomplish this advanced ultra course. I logged 330