Glass More than Half Full: A Bigfoot 200 Race Report
Where to start when over four months have passed? A lot of water under the bridge since the Bigfoot 200, Aug. 13-17, 2021. But with some unexpected holiday and winter break downtime on my hands, I finally put together a report and some reflections on my first foray at the 200-mile distance at Bigfoot 200 in August 2021 in the gorgeous Cascades. What a long, strange, amazing, fulfilling but also frustrating journey it was! To cut to the chase (spoiler alert), I was timed out at mile 127 on a 209-mile course as day three gave way to day four. There were 111 finishers and 88 including me who didn’t make it (a 55.7% finish rate). So I had a little company. Looking back, I see this as more than a glass half full in terms experience. I hope it highlights for me where I have to improve and am still learning about the distance—even with a DNF, it was as far as I’ve ever gone by a good 20-plus miles. I also learned that I love the challenge of the 200 format (multiple days of con