COMMENTS
- General: Started off the day optomistic. Half hour into the run my goal was to finish 4 laps (32 miles), 1 less than what it was going into it. By the end of the first loop I was ready to go home. The Skyline trail is an absolute bitch, hardest thing I've ever run on before. I spent nearly 3 hours on the first loop lost for most of it and ended up running at least 2-3 more miles than I should've. Some guy doing the run was insisting we go one way even though I didn't think it was right, but I went because I didn't want to be alone. Frustrating to say the least. I did one more lap and realized I got a good run in and wasn't going to get anymore than 1 loop in before the cutoff came, so I packed it in early and headed home.
- Nutrition: Pretty bad
- Body: I hit my knees pretty hard taking a digger and their both swollen.
- Sleep: 5 hours
- Reflections: Am I mad I didn't finish? Not at all. Going in had I known what the course was like I would've never set the expectations I had for this race last night. 40 miles would've taken me 10-12 hours if I had to guess. I got a long run in on in a new place so I'm pretty happy. Course was tough but fun to run on once I wasn't lost anymore. Got a really good run in, won't be too sore and won't miss many if any training days. Time to get ready for another race in the next month or so.
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