running long 5:36:00 [2] ** 20.0 mi (16:48 / mi)
VHTRC 50k Fatass run. Ran Hemlock to Fountainhead. Tired and bonking, so skipped the Do Loop and headed back. Full course runners were already heading back. As they pass, I shortcut the trail many times to save energy, like in the Bushwhacker runs. It was fun trying all these shortcuts with no map, just looking at terrain and by memory, and following runners. Going in to last aid station, 2 runners finally get away from me after I had been shortcutting several trail sections to keep up. I bushwhack directly up to the road and approach the aid from the wrong direction and arrive at the exact same time as them. This was funny, but I was too tired to laugh or say anything to them.
