A Tale of Two Races The intention of this race was to serve as both training for the body as well as the mind. For the body the rough goal was to overachieve as measured by Ultrasignup’s ratings system. For that I would need to score in the mid 60% range. Alas the first half of the race succeeded by this measurement or would have had I dropped down to the 55k distance by quitting before the 2nd out-and-back of the race. For context, Colossal is first race of the Arizona Triple 50 which features two out-and-backs from the start finish line. The race first head south on the AZT, then back north to the start/finish. Looking North from Start: Strava View I set out south at a good pace South from the start despite not totally dialing in my shoe choice for the day. I am still recovering from two ankle injuries on each foot from rolling each several times in high stack unstable racing shoes. So I practiced “opposite action” and bought two large, wide heavy clauds known as the Altra 275 Olymp...