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Tunnel Hill 100 Miler #5

Jackal Loop+ - 4.6 Miles

I came in with a high ankle sprain that has been lingering for weeks. From miles 15-50 it got horrendously painful. 8.5-9.0 on pain scale. I was just trying to get back to mile 50 to drop down for a 50 mile finish. It took a massive effort to get back to 50.

But I decided to get to 50 and change shoes from the Hoka Mach and to the Hoka Clifton that has a wider base, more stability and more cushion. It was an on the fly experiment. I was as going to give myself couple miles to see if it helped. If not I was going to turn around and take the 50 mile finish. A secondary plan was to get to 56 for the 100k turn around and take a 100k 62 mile finish once I got back to race headquarters. 

I got to 56 and was so torn. It was less painful but I knew I’d have another 9-15 hours on it and no guaranty if it would hold out. I mentally went to Fort Defiance and kept going. I passed so many people over the last 45 miles and made several new friends. It wasn’t easy but it wasn’t as painful or bad as it it easily could have been. 

Big thanks to Steve Durbin, all the volunteers and all the encouragement from friends and new friends. 

A big reason I kept going was to honor my dear friend Jeff Keas who is fighting for his life. It’s silly but I was mentally trying to take pain for him. Jeff was the first person from
Jackson, Tennessee to run the Boston Mararthon and was a 2:33 marathoner back in caveman times. He was also my youth minister as a teen at church growing up and we’ve remained close every since. 

My 5th Tunnel Hill 100 Miler
My 67 finish of 100+ miles
Marathon/ultra #359

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