# @runinrabbit on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Coxf7uWvrUq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/4105548-runinrabbit-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-02-17T18:23:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** rabbit (@runinrabbit) — https://gondola.cc/runinrabbit

## Caption

At Black Canyon, a 100-kilometer foot race in central Arizona, 62 miles of desert is all that lies between hundreds of runners and four Golden Tickets to Western States. The course is situated along the Black Canyon trail in the foothills of the Bradshaw Mountains. With a net downhill of a couple thousand feet, it’s a spectacle of speed, sharp climbs, and constantly changing difficulty.

While the Black Canyon trail is notorious for breaking your rhythm with drainages, washes, and multiple crossings of the Agua Fria river, ericsenseman – or as some call him, Mr. Black Canyon – is one of the few who knows how to ebb and flow with the sporadic terrain. The course is one of his hometown training grounds, just an hour from his doorstep in Flagstaff.

With lots of learnings over the years, tackling a monster 250-mile journey at Cocodona last May, and plenty of miles and hours on the course, #rabbitPRO Eric Senseman is returning to Black Canyon for the fifth time with a fresh perspective on the race and the training surrounding it.

“I think one of the biggest things I learned last year was that doing something so different [like Cocodona] can change your perspective and make you appreciate what you were doing before,” Eric said.

“It's always really fulfilling to go through the process of a training block, and then looking back and saying ‘Wow, I achieved a lot.’ I needed that time to not train hard to do the training I'm doing now. You have to be able to take some value from your training and it has been really valuable.”

Tomorrow morning, just like every race, Eric’s goal is to do his best. With a Golden Ticket on the line, he’s optimistic in his chase of a much greater dream.

“Getting the most out of myself in these competitive races is probably what I’m the most proud of,” he said.

“In particular, I want to do that again at Western States. My ability to keep failing there, but trying to get back to improve, that’s probably one of my proudest achievements.”

Good luck to Eric and all of our #rabbitELITE and #RADrabbits lining up in the desert this weekend! 🌵 

📸: spiritofdylan 

#runinrabbit #borntorunfree #blackcanyon100k #rabbitPRO

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