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Day405
I’m still savoring the run at the Rocky Raccoon. I was disoriented during the race and immediately afterward of putting together much coherent thoughts. Time flies. My sleep pattern is out of wack too. I did not get much sleep beforehand. There was no sleep during the race. And I slept a lot afterward when…
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Day356 signup
I went ahead this morning and entered my name into the lottery for Umstead 100. Even it was just a lottery, I felt the apprehension – like can I really do this? I have tried two attempts over the summer to do a 100 mile run but both ended unsucessfully. I know I could do…
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Day310 when you are in a knot
Morning: I feel the noose tightening so I couldn’t fall asleep last night, thinking about the run coming up in a few days. A little background. I signed up for this 100 mile ultra (Great southern endurance run, GA,US) I don’t know, maybe at the beginning of summer. It is a virtual run, meaning, I…
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Reload
Last night was much warmer than I anticipated. Maybe I was overdressed again. I had expected howling wind and subarctic temperature, but instead it was balmy and calm fall weather. I still layered up like on Monday night. I didn’t need my jacket. This time I had my micro spikes on and I felt so…