Ok, there wasn’t that much to recover from. But it was shorts and short sleeves weather. Slow, to be sure, but it was a hilly 7.2 mile course that took the Cornstalk Hill 3 times, the dog park hill 3 times and the Upper Bradley Park hill once.
Day: April 7, 2019
I can’t imagine doing that
After last Friday night’s trail event (I walked, finished 10 miles muddied but feeling good with a lot left “in the tank”, I though about the 30, mile finishers, the 50, 100, and of course, the 150 and 200 (yes, there is a 200 mile option)
I thought: “I can’t even imagine.” But here is a critical difference between my saying that and a younger newcomer saying that: I finished the 30 several times (2003, when it was 50K, and the fall 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015 (latter is not listed due to an “early start”, but it took just under 12 hours), and I finished the 50 twice (12:46 in 2004, 31:3x in 2008…DNF’ed and then came back the next morning to “finish”, and yes, I got credit) and the 100 twice (34:16 in 2005, 47:48 in 2009). When I DNF’ed the 100 in 2016, I was 15:2x at 50 and came back for 2 more loops the next day..and I also DNF’d the 50 a few years ago.
So yes, I did finish some of these longer events..or at least someone with my name and history did. I just can’t imagine doing that with my current body.
Ah…so onward to do what I can this morning.
Life of an old goat 