Winning my first ultra marathon

An exhausted Jennifer celebrates her recent first place finish.

By Jennifer Pinarski

Updated Mar 29, 2017

My first ever first place finish.

What are the chances I would win my first ultra marathon?

But I did. 45.5KM run in 6:20 was enough to make me the first place solo female runner in the Tread Epic 6-hour Trail Race.

More tomorrow, I promise. But right now I really need to eat and sleep and drain about a dozen blisters on my feet.

This article was originally published on May 29, 2012

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