I had two goals: first, to finish the darn thing, and second, as I said, to finish in under an hour.
My finish time: 46:57.
I only had to walk twice, both times in the second mile, when I was trying to make it up hills. There was a woman, Beth, who stayed with me; she normally walks 5Ks, but we hung together, and she wound up with one of her own fastest times! It helped me, too, because I wanted to keep a non-embarrassing pace for both of us. 
Wahoo! I did it! Now, what should I do with my paper number?
I’m doing this race as my first 50K/ultra in July 2012. I’m so tardy to the party but...