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* I reduced my [[Walking Breaks]] to a bare minimum. I took a couple on the longer hills that are runnable, keeping the breaks to just 30 seconds or so. I also walked the hills which are generally too steep for me to run them effectively (I can’t run up them as fast as I can walk up them).
* Umstead is an amazingly well organized race, with great aid stations and even better aid station staff. The aid station staff seems to be all ulltrarunners or have had a lot of experience looking after ultrarunners, so they are not only willing to help, they know what to offer and how to provide it.
* Seeing the winner of the race finished in an unbelievable 1413:23, setting a new course record by over an hour and stunning everyone.
* Meeting some good friends again, including Fred, Susan, DC, Jim P and Guido. Guido was looking after the kitchen overnight and did a great job.
