First Ultramarathon: River Run 50k

import Activity from "@components/Activity.astro" import Gallery from "@components/Gallery.astro"; import p1 from "./p1.jpg"; import p2 from "./p2.jpg"; import route from "./route.json" About a month ago we ran our first Ultramarathon, the River Run 50k. We ran the Missoula Marathathon last year; I remember thinking how impossible a marathon sounded at that time. 26.2 miles. But, my goal since starting to run has been to get into the ultramarathon space. I blame YouTube. So after the Missoula Marathon I immediately went for what's the next race. We took a lot of 2025 off for backpacking and other life events. After hearing about the River Run ~Feburary, we signed up on a whim without any training plans and having not ran over 10 miles for awhile. We quickly ramped up the milage, testing using Claude to make us a training plan. Claude was way more optimistic than we were. We got burnt out after a month of suddenly ramping up to ~20 mile long runs every weekend. The Race The race itself…