Mah sit bones

Standing

Name. That. SHOW!

Pettit -1

Arms and shoulders

Conditions were slow (strava's estimate for avg watts is laughably low) , lots of snow mobile traffic most of whom were very kind and patient with all the foot, bike, and ski traffic along with a couple of people trying to compensate for their micropenises (looking at you Artic Cat guy in yellow jacket).  The combination of snow machines and slightly below freezing temps made the snow on the trail the consistency of mashed potatoes. 

Despite that, everything was going really well till just before halfway and butternut lodge.  My knee started to get painful on every pedal stroke.  Took a break at Butternut to stretch and that helped for a while but ultimately the pain started to creep back in and I decided to pull out of the race around mile 100.

Obviously,  at the time, you become your own worse critic and beat yourself up.  Thinking about what you could have dine differently to avoid an endurance athletes worst outcome.   That being said I learned a lot this go around! My gear choices were good overall (notable exception being my hydration pack bite vale freezing becase I was not generating sufficient body heat when I was alternating walking/biking towards the end) and I was sitting in 5th place till I missed a turn and added an extra 5 miles and nearly an extra hour of ride time. 

Will be back next year to finish and conquer!

Also, thanks to Embark syrup, I won a big container of their local maple syrup energy drink!  Delish.

P.S. massive thanks for Eric and Andy who picked me up around Loretta so I wouldn't have to Bivy whilel waiting for a pick up.   Volunteers like them make these events what they are!

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