Notes
Start Line to Summit Lake (second time). Race stats only includes finishers.
This race went really well. I was careful to manage my heart rate and breathing early on; taking coach Chris H's phrase seriously, "if it feels easy, then go easier." I handled the elevation and climbing surprisingly well. Also, I never had a true low, just a slow, continual increase in fatigue. I was able to maintain good spirits when I realized that Long Lake (second time) was just past the halfway point of the race, but we had already completed almost 80% of the vertical gain.
Laura paced me from mile 46 to 66 and Alex paced me from mile 66 to 76. It felt really good to have company during some tough parts of the race. I was on my own from mile 76 to 106 with the first 3 hours in the dark. I was cold and incredibly sleepy during the 8mi hike back to Summit Lake; kept looking for a place to sleep! Good thing I never found a good enough place, and some coffee at Summit Lake made a world of difference. I got into a groove the last 20mi of the race, which was very runnable. I enjoyed the sunrise on the Continental Divide Trail.
I enjoyed having my core crew there; Alex, Dad, and Laura. We had a great time, and they were on top of everything as usual. I was in such a flow state the last 20+ miles of the race; I lost track of time, effort, everything. Pretty amazing feeling. I actually felt like I could have kept going when I reached the finish line, until I sat down... Overall, extremely please with the race!
Supplements:
24 Endurolyte Max
15 Anti-Fatigue
9 Race Cap Supremes
Fluids:
305oz water
3oz coffee
Total: 308oz (11.4oz/hr)
Nutrition:
37 scoops of Perpetuem: 4995 cal
3.75 PB&J sandwiches: 1125 cal
4 bananas: 350 cal
17 pretzels: 100 cal
19 chunks of watermelon: 100 cal
1 gel: 90 cal
1/4C vegetable Ramen: 50 cal
1/2 orange: 30 cal
2 grapes: 7 cal
Total: 6850 cal (250 cal/hr)