Notes
This was tough! It felt like the sun would never come up and I started at 3:45am in the morning so it wasn't even that long. It was great when it finally came up. Stopped at 7-Eleven just after sunrise and got some food and coffee, it was nice. Keeping the 4mph pace was not as easy as I thought it would be and this was with not nearly the miles. Although I still felt I could keep going at the pace I was going. This helped me "level set" on exactly where I am. Goal is to finish! At first I was thinking sub 24 hours would be in the cards but I'm not going to think about that at all. They give 30 hours to finish.
Note: the inside of my left ankle has been a bit sore lately and makes itself known on longer runs. I think it is just from running on the same crowned gravel roads mile after mile. Noticed after the 50K effort a few weeks ago and that run was 100% on those roads. It doesn't feel like anything major but I am thinking that maybe I should substitute exercise bike for some of my runs to give it rest.