Snow Running On A Foreign Section of the NET

Goodbye Sweet Dirt

Exploring Buckland Hills

The Morning After

Brookfield Evening Social Run

100k goal reached! 

Tried to focus on keeping pace below 10min to avoid over-exertion and cumulative physical stress.  Extremely technical in some sections, and spent time focusing on finding the round rocks to step on amongst all the pointy ones, to keep my feet functioning for the long haul.  

Battled with dehydration twice and I think I won both times, just barely.  Only stopped for water twice (both at shorelines of reservoirs):  a 20 minute siesta at mile 22 and a 30 minute siesta at mile 42, to re-hydrate and re-nourish slowly and consistently.  Also had to stop to dress a wound at mile 14 where my left palm lost some skin from tripping while getting around a fence.

Big thanks to Tom Starodaj's FKT report for the tips on bushwhacking to the reservoirs, and for the accurate gpx file which shortened my many wrong guesses on ambiguous turns.  Streams were all dry and the course had many places to go wrong along the way. 

Looking back, prob could have done better with better hydration management.  I passed a filter-stop at river at mile 12 because I was really cold and still had most of my starting water.  Wasn't struggling at first res stop but was probably getting depleted by at that point.  Then no water for about 19 miles, and the last 5 of those I was dreaming of H2O and getting frustrated, longing for the reservoir.  Then the extra-long stop was necessary and I felt great after.  Then around mile 49 I passed up water because I getting close and figured I could make it...but Castle Craig was insane!  I climbed pretty well, then went down a tech rock-slide and figured I was in the clear...then the trail went back to the top, up another rockslide...despair!  Miles 55-60 I was dreaming about the water again (and beer) that I would get at the "Turnpike Liquor Terminus" at the end.  Still managed to run through it all and get there with only will-power in the tank.

Physically, I felt great and feel like I can remain strong at longer distances than this.  Before the month-long rib injury I sustained 2 months ago, I made goals to do a 100k, then 100m by end of year....
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps 

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