Posted by sgdesertrat on 1/15/2007 On January 6, 2007, I ran my first ultramarathon, the Red Rock Fat Ass 50k. The “Fat Ass” series of races is a series of low key ultramarathons. They're usually put on by local ultrarunners who want to be able to race, but don't want to go through the hassle of organizing a big race. Generally speaking, they have no advertising, little or no aid, no entrance fee and no prizes. In this race we kept track of our own time, there were two aid stations which we passed 3 and 4 times and it was run in the Red Rock National Recreational Area. One advantage of these races is they can often be run in areas where it would be impossible to get permits for an official race. There were 18 runners this year. The race's website is found at http://www.ultrarunner.net/redrockfa50k.html.
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