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Cooldown to daycare pickup

Closer to ~8:11 actual average pace
Forgot to train for swimming... super wet and muddy out there, but wow it was gorgeous. Managed to only slip and fall twice... and barely avoided falling at one of the creek crossings...

Honestly thought about throwing in the towel a few times during the first loop after several creek (more like river?) crossings and constantly stepping in large puddles just took a ton out of me and I just wasn’t having a good time. Felt instantly revitalized coming back through the start area/first timing mat, the next part was beautiful downhill and amazing single track, and miles 8-26 were much more runnable.

Nutrition notes:
Accidentally thought the Gu electrolyte tablets they gave at packet pickup were meant to be dissolved like Nuun tablets and threw them in my handheld before realizing my mistake... so I had very fizzy water gradually as my handheld got shaken up and dissolved the tablets. Still had intended effect I suppose. Took a Gu (mostly roctanes or ones with caffeine) right before + one every ~3 mi and towards the end, even took them ~2 miles apart during really hilly sections, for a total of ~ 12 Gus + a few potato chips, one gu energy chew and a half dixie cup of gingerale. I drank probably ~50-60 oz of fluids over the course of the race. Felt pretty good throughout. This is a LOT more calories than it seems like any other runner takes, but my stomach seems to be okay with it the last few times I've done this (and all the races have been in relatively cold weather). 

https://www.athlinks.com/event/40553/results/Event/843297/Course/1536223/Results

https://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=60949

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