Davis, West Virginia, the home of beautiful mountain tops and the Highland Sky 40 mile ultra marathon. It was not only a chance to take part in an awesome ultra, but more importantly a key stop on the road to the Burning River 100 and hopefully success in Elk country.The race traversed the Dolly Sods wilderness area and Canaan Valley which by way of the West
Virginia Mountain Trail Runners, is some of the most rugged and beautiful terrain in WV. The area ranges in 
elevation from 2500 to 4700 feet and the views are breathtaking.The course was tough and in fact, the most technical, rocky, murky, steep, unforgiving course I have ran to date. It varied from rock, to woodland paths, to boulder, to upland bogs, to sand, to mud. Going into it I thought I would be able to knock it out in around 7-8hrs….a far cry from the 9hrs and 16minutes it took me to cross the finish.
All in all a great, tough as nails run. With 3 days rest under my belt and only 31 days until Burning River its time to get back at it. Stay tuned…
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