I went 37 miles this past weekend. It’s just one lifetime PR after another lately.
I did 22 miles between Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday, that included a 10 mile run on Wednesday that was my life’s fastest 10 miles. 
Saturday, I ran 27 miles in the Middle Fork canyon from Cool… Way Too Cool 50K course minus the start section. I believe I did about 3000′ of verical climbing. I ran this really, really slow, keeping my HR well below Aerobic Threshold. I came across a guy who was hurting bad and used him as an excuse to go slow. He had signed up for Way Too Cool in December, but had not checked out the course until Saturday. I’ll be shocked if he is there on March 10th. He was a very nice guy. I was happy to have someone else with me in case of mountain lion encounter.
Anyway, I got my fueling dialed on this run. Turns out a light mix of Cytomax in one water bottle, water in the other, Perpetuem every so often from the Fuel Belt, and a low HR are a GREAT combination! My body was tired but my head was still very motivated when I finished.
Sunday I ran 10 miles with my wife on a 800′ hill near our house. (Clark Mountain, immediately south of Cronan Ranch across the river if you are in the neighborhood.)
59 miles with 3800′ feet of vertical climbing for the week in about 13 hours. If I had realized I was only one mile from a 60 mile week, I would have run one more on Sunday just so I could say I had a 60 mile week… Just a couple weeks ago, my biggest week to date was only 38 miles.
So now that the hard stuff is over and the taper has begun, I am going to let the cat out of the bag and tell you all that Way Too Cool will be my 39th birthday. Won’t you join me for a run? I have had it on my radar screen since before my 38th birthday, and I have been holding my breath telling people because I just wasn’t sure my body would hold together through the training program.
My wife is calling it my midlife crisis… she doesn’t realize that I am just using my 39th birthday as a shield so she will grant me weekend training passes! She’ll figure it out next year when I tell her I want to run AR50 for my 40th birthday!!! 
Oh yeah, and I picked up some more poison oak this week.
Awesome job on Way Too Cool!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday too!
You had the right amount of training & enthusiasm to get to the finish! That’s a strong finish time. You should be very very proud!
Chris – Ya’ done great at Cool… take a few days / week off and Ellen & I will catch up with you at the AR50 training day in a couple of weeks. Fun / low-key time on the trail portion of AR course… Congrat’s again… s/f Ken