Wind, Rain, & Falling Short...

Okay, I am sorry for the late post, but I have been busy with work, school work, and wrestling since I have been back home from MO. First off, I have to give kudos to my Mother for the amazing job she did for me during the race- this was the best I have felt nutritionally ever during a race. With that being the most positive aspect of the race I will let you know how I did... I started the race with the goals of reaching 80-100 miles, but ended up falling short. The first four to five hours weren't too bad and went relatively well until the wind started to pick up and rain started to fall around 11:30 pm. The next several hours sucked with the on again off again rain and the high winds, along from being exhausted. Then I took a quick cat nap before the sunrise and once that happened I felt rejuvenated and ready to roll again.  With the sun shining (finally) I was able to keep that relentless forward motion until I decided that it was enough. I hit 50 miles in the morning and quickly decided that running on pavement much longer than that was truly taxing on the joints and feet. I decided to reach a distance that I have yet to make and that was 100k (62 Mi.).  I continued on for another 12 miles and actually ran my last mile @ an 8:45 pace- not too fast but fast enough after 61 miles :). Overall, I am disappointed in myself for not reaching my goals, but I know that 100 miles is in my future and I will reach that goal which began as mere figment of my imagination. I am posting a video of the race and I promise to keep relentlessly running and sharing thoughts, experiences, aches, pains, and enjoyment from an inexperienced ultrarunners’ trail through this crazy journey called life J.

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."