Running Far at the Jed Smith Ultra Classic
Amy Halseth wins the 50 mile race. (SRN photo)
The green grass and warm sun of spring still seem far away on these cold and damp Valley mornings. But there are harbingers of happier times!
There are occasional, cheerful, sunny afternoons that remind me of how much easier it is on these old bones to run when it’s warmer, and how much easier it is to get out of bed when it’s daylight already when I wake up for work.
One such harbinger of spring is the Jed Smith Ultra Classic, put on by the Buffalo Chips Running Club each February since I was a wee lad in short trousers. (Actually, since 1979.) For as long as I can remember, it has been the first race in the Pacific Associations Ultra Grand Prix.