I never really got around to writing a proper Wasatch race
report. It seems that life (and laziness)
just got in the way. The short version
goes a little something like this.
Summer training was great, but things got crazy once school started, so
training took a backseat. A week before
the race I got sick, culminating with my waking up on race morning with a fever
and feeling lousy. This feeling never
really got better, and I was fully prepared to drop at mile 35. Luckily for me, this aid station was on top
of a mountain ridge, meaning I’d have to hike another 5 miles down the mountain
before I could drop. With the help of my
crew and pacers (without whom I would not have finished), I somehow stumbled my way to an agonizing 35+ hour
finish. Here are a few pictures.
(Hiking towards Chinscraper in the early morning dawn)
(Chinscraper)
(Feeling lousy - again - on highest point on course)
(Pretty much how I felt all race)
(My second pacer, Rachael from Idaho)
(Taking a break on the trail)
(I look forward to Ant Knoll AS at mile 80 every year)
(Rachael plunging down The Dive)
So easy to drop. So many good reasons to stop. So hard to finish. No good reasons to continue. Your will to finish despite the illness & all the other reasons o stop in a 100miler is to be admired. Hope I can be there for #10
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