A little 50K

Everything is relative, or becomes relative.  I am planning to run the Oriflamme 50K this weekend.  It was a sold out race, then was rained out, so I was able to get in the re-scheduled race.  I had such a hard time with the Ultracentric 100 miler last year (38 hours) that I thought I would do some "smaller" races to stay in better condition.  Rocky Road 50M was tough because I had a cold, but is a 50K really a "little race?"  Relative to 100M it is, but relative to a routine 3 miler it is not a little race.  So I feel confident that I can do well Saturday.  I should be able to run comparable to Noble Canyon 50K, dare I hope faster due to the cooler temps?  We will see.  I hope to get some good pictures.