“I talked to my coach before, and we were thinking maybe 6:50s, something like that,” Biehl said. She blew away all expectations with her 6:22:03. “It was exactly what I wanted to come to.” “I knew that it was going to be a fast day, and I knew that it was going to be a tough field. She performed like a veteran on Saturday. “I got lost, among other random things that happened. “Last year, that was my first ultra,” Biehl said. She was one of the runners who went off course with Cummings last year, making a long day even longer as she placed fifth in 7:22:32. “I was afraid the whole time that she was going to catch me.”īiehl also is part of the “lost and found” story. “I did not let off the gas until a half-mile to go when my legs started giving out on me,” Cummings said. Sarah Biehl, 27, of Columbus, Ohio, finished second in 6:22:03 - the JFK’s No. “But at the same time, I guess maybe the other girls were expending more effort, and I feel like it’s a better use of my energy to just crank on the C&O because I can get into a groove and just go." “Obviously, it’d be awesome to come off the trail in first, but I’m not quite there yet with my trail abilities,” she said. When she came off the Appalachian Trail this year at 15.5 miles, she was in fifth place, trailing leader Kristina Randrup by 6 1/2 minutes.Ĭummings went to work on the towpath, and by 35 miles, she was in the lead for good. The level of competition this year was just crazy, but that’s what you want.”
“And then it got a little scary, seeing all the people who had entered. “When I signed up for the race, I wanted to win,” Cummings said. She immediately circled this year’s race on her calendar to settle unfinished business, she said. 2 all-time performance.Īt last year’s JFK, Cummings was the women’s runner-up in 6:57:11, after taking a wrong turn on the Appalachian Trail that caused her to run an extra couple of miles. In Saturday’s men’s race, Adam Peterman, 26, of Missoula, Mont., hit a grand slam in his first 50-miler, running away with the title in 5:19:38 - the JFK’s No. View Gallery: 59th annual JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon
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