Miscellaneous
Cherie McCafferty shares with us her story of participating in the Little Dog Front Yard challenge. We get to know more about Cherie and what got her interested in Ultra Running. The ultra running community is a small interconnected community so we talk a little bit about how she discovered this virtual race. The Little Dog Front Yard Ultra was a virtual event. It is a unique format and Cherie explains how it worked. The concept is running 1-mile each hour and going on until the last person is standing. Cherie was one of the last people standing in this race along with Sally van Nuland and John Price. This event went on for 10 and a half days and 244 miles. We chat about sleep and how she managed the format overall and how she kept herself going. Cherie shares some fun things that happened over the days and days that this race went on and on and on. We talk about this race from a spectator perspective (which is mine). This race ends when there is just one person left. In real life there is a physical spot and a person who checks that the participants are following the rules. In a virtual format this can be a little more challenging to regulate. Cherie is kind enough to talk about how this race came to a conclusion and the confusion that happened at the very end. We talk about sleep deprivation and what kind of support she had on her course in her neighborhood and some of the hard core amazing things she has coming up on her schedule. Visit www.mileaftermilepodcast.com for show notes on this and other episodes of the Mile after Mile Podcast. Visit www.amysaysso.com to find out what the host Amy is up to.