Notes
Arches 50k. I'm happy with this one. I started out feeling amazing and rolled with Brian, Caleb and Timmy the first 6ish miles. Was still feeling good, but I knew that I wouldn't be able to run the whole race with them and didn't wanna explode at mile 20. From there it felt like endless slickrock. I took a hard fall around mile 10 and jogged it off. My knee was bad for about 5 minutes but then it went away. When I got on the connector from the first slickrock loop over to the back section I was cooking. Felt so good to be off the rock. The back section had some crazy climbs and descents. Fell again coming up a very scrambly section. Fought some demons in miles 23 and 28. I passed Timmy around mile 25, I think he was having some trouble after going out with caleb and brian. Finished up in 3rd but they messed up the award ceremony, so it was only confirmed after the fact. Was pretty anxious about that and worried I somehow got dqd. Luckily got it all resolved. Pretty sweet that the only people who beat me are pro's. I'm very proud of this and I think I have a lot I can improve on. For a little bit I was like I never wanna run again, but now I'm stoked on it. I love the suffering of ultras. I also feel like I can really do something in the trail running world if I keep grinding.