A good ole jacket n jeans run

CIM 2:27:45 run fast and break things

Walk/jog from hotel to gear check

CIM shakeout commute

Moon me once, shame on you. Moon me twice(TWICE!!) can’t get mooned again

Going into this i was feeling both curious about how well. could perform but also appreshensive about how well I would feel after feeling pretty fatigued all week and feeling the accumulation of the year really catch up to me. Got up at 3 feeling ready roll and had a snickers and a bunch of water since It was still 4 hours before I was racing. Spent probably too much time on feet in the morning  walk/jogging to the buses downtown. Was honestly a little underlayered on the bus ride over and was getting pretty cold. once I got to startline I found Jack Rager shortly and was nice to chat with him. Felt anxious but was warming up to the idea of really going for a solid 2:24-25 today since that what he and Juan Pablo Arredondo were planning as well.  After a good 90 minutes of standing around to try and stay warm the gun went off and from the start my body felt great. Was able to fuel pretty easily and even chat without much trouble coming through 33:55 for the first 10k. Unfortunately I felt that I really needed to poop and the sensation was only getting worse. Decided not to risk it and hit the porta potty just past 10k where I lost over a minute to an upset gut and uncooperative toilet paper. After the pitstop I felt a million times better and made the dumb decision to try and push back ot JP and Jack in the nest 5 miles. Felt great hammering the rollers and started clicking off 5:15's but by the time I met up with jack at the half I could feel the consequences of my aggressive pace on the hilly section. At this point i tried to focus on just staying in contact and managed to hold to 5:30's for the next 6 miles but at mile 19 things really started to go south. my right knee and left foot started hurting a lot more and my stomach was really getting unhappy with me. the 5:30's quickly became 5:50's and at that point i switched to just maintining my form and not panicking and giving up. Managed to rally after the bridge a bit and not keep falling back too much but was definitely running for survival and no longer racing at that point. Finished in 2:27:44 with a good 70 seconds spent in the porta potty. Honestly with how smooth I was feeling with the pack I think best case i could have run under 2:24 but that just wasnt how it played out today. Very happy with this regardless as it felt way way stronger and better than CIM 2023 and To cut off 6 minutes and feel like I could have executed a lot better makes me pretty happy. Was awesome to see Charlie Ferguson and Ryan Quenemoen cheering me on as well as Aaron Bratt absolutely crush it today. Also all the excelsior peeps who ran amazing!! Always love the community at this race more than anything else and it was really cool to share many of the miles with some legends of american distance running like Sara Hall. 

I think despite not quite hitting the goal I had and my training really being substandard for what I planned I think this was a very important learning moment for me in the marathon and has giving me a lot of insight in how to prepare for and execute the race differently going forward and I am glad I didn't call this race off like I did last year. Christmas relays in one week but that's basically desert for running. After that I am ready for a real break!!

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A good ole jacket n jeans run

CIM 2:27:45 run fast and break things

Walk/jog from hotel to gear check

CIM shakeout commute

Moon me once, shame on you. Moon me twice(TWICE!!) can’t get mooned again

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