Result: 1:17:20, a personal worst...but still 2 and a half minutes better than my "A" goal. Only got about 6 and a half of the last 12 miles as part of the ultra challenge, though...got to pretty much the farthest point I could be in while remaining in the park borders from the parking lot, and decided I really didn't want to run anymore. Which ironically got me to pick up the pace, but I went off course to take shorter trails back for a few extra miles.  Wound up with around 22 of the 28 miles I'd planned on, took me a bit over 4 hours. 

Went home, had a college buddy stop by on his way through the state, and we sat around for 5 hours playing with my daughter and watching the DVRed Olympic Marathon. Couldn't talk about the 10k, though, since I'd already deleted it and he had been camping for 4 days and hadn't seen it yet.

I'm DNS. I actually drove more than halfway there, but was really sleepy, so stopped to take a nap, and napped for 1.5hrs & missed the race. Don't care that much.

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I'm DNS. I actually drove more than halfway there, but was really sleepy, so stopped to take a nap, and napped for 1.5hrs & missed the race. Don't care that much.

LulZ.

Thanks PaulyGram. That 10000 was probably the best race of my life to date and a huge confidence boost. But still just a stepping stone to 29:XX!

Well done to everyone who met their goals this week. The rest of you are bums.

LulZ.

 

Thanks PaulyGram. That 10000 was probably the best race of my life to date and a huge confidence boost. But still just a stepping stone to 29:XX!

 

Well done to everyone who met their goals this week. The rest of you are bums. /*That's the spirit!*/

Stellar performance and you know it. Now go post an 800m time so I can keep dreaming of what fast is.

Found a pic of me at Nationals