Race Report: death and all my friends--a less-than-scientific investigation on ultramarathon death races not involving vehicular homicide

(originally posted as a Facebook note on 20 March 2015.)

Since a few of you live vicariously through me....

full disclosure: the RD's for both of these races wanted me to run these races so badly they made me pay my own way to participate in both events.  the opinions stated below are fully my own.