Monadnock

Old Troy

Town Lake

Round Mountain

all was going pretty well till I was clotheslined by a dog on a leash at the top of Sanitas Valley. Dog sprinted across the trail with a long ass leash and wrapped me up. Hit the deck HARD. Full body cramps right after impact. Killed the mojo. All happened so fast and didn't have the agility or wherewithal to avoid it. More to come later after I wash all the blood away.  I was blown up by the time I hit Sanitas, crawling up. So I was still very far off even running sub 2hr 40. But thought maybe sub 2hr 44m was possible until I smashed the ground.
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Perfect temps at the start. 38 degrees and calm. Legs felt solid on the 2 mile + approach to Shadow. Took it out at TdF pace. Sitting right in the pocket with Michael on my heels. Longest mile in Boulder checks out for that canyon. Honestly, I felt great for 2 hours. I have never really done anything notable or super intense over the 2 hour mark. Let alone properly fuel for something this long. My stomach was touch n go. Anytime I leaned harder, middle of shadow, and coming up Green Bear...my stomach felt bad. Even dry heaving a couple times on 2 different occasions. Top of West Ridge of Bear and Ranger on Green were icy...but not terrible. Left a bit of time there. I think I was around 220g of carbs for the whole things. 2 mini flasks filled with 100g of Beta fuel and 2 Maurten caf gels. Started with 350 ml of water and then refilled again at EGF. I honored the course and didn't cut any swithbacks. Obviously the route has changed a bunch over the years. The only thing of note is the Red Rocks variation...which should be the standard route. The trail has changed and added a switchback. The RR route is the logical direct line. I also jumped in the creek at EGF and "swam" across underneath the bridge fwiw. I cooked up Sanitas and unraveled. I don't even wanna see those split haha. Obviously falling was sub-optimal. I was on the right side of the trail minding my own business. Never once did I come close to falling or catching a toe under my own power. Like Abby told me, there is always going to be unexpected shit that happens in these things. She was there cheering for me at the end even tho I was destroyed mentally from the fall and bleeding. Grateful for that. Happy to run hard and celebrate being healthy and motivated!

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