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Rothrock Trail Challenge 1st Overall 1:59:30.75 for the short couse.

Probably should not have went but glad i did. I was tired this morning
and it was a rough 1.5 hour drive. My chest muscles hurt, my left knee
ligaments are tweaked, no top end speed but managed to win somehow. Yes
this was the fay after winning a 50k &mm

If you dont know the course its actually probably mile by mile the
hardest race in pa. Tons of rocks and when I say tons i mean there are
so many by the end you will want to never see one again, on top of the
roots. Glad i signed up for the short course and not the long one. Id
def not had it in me. The rocks were super slick. It would have been
better to wear road shoes then trail shoes so could grip and get
traction on the rocks. I had trail shoes and mine were way too
agressive. Fell twice, one slip on a big smooth rock, other time just
flat out tripped on a rock nelieve i was running up hill at the time
pushing off hardbto start run faster. Lead the 11.5 mile whole time.
Never saw anyone else in my race. Did get passed by a few 25k people. I
had no ability to attempt to be ahead of them nor would it have been
smart to attempt to. Ran within myself and stayed calm. If i had gotten
passed id have pulled way backkkkkk. Body overall i guess feels as good
as expected just needs a few recovery days. Was right on my pace pro
plan today. I had it set for 2 hours and i came in right under it. Some
miles were alot slower and some alot faster then plan but it evened
itself out in the end. Really took my time on the downhills couldnt risk
it nor did i have the stabilzer muscles in legs to go any faster.

I signed up for this as a good complementary to Glacier Ridge yesterday.
Needed back to back hard days. It worked, but rough on body. Overall
enjoyed it. It's just a hard course amd as I say hardest step by step
that I have done in PA. So there was alot of risk vs reward today. You
can't ever really flat out run top end speed course wont allow it.
Course is marked very well so you won't get lost. I'll have the detalied
in recap up later








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Glacier Ridge 50k 1st Overall in 4:52.04.5. Not gonna lie, definitly hurting after this one. Had blood work this week and sodium was low and a few other things were off. Been dehydrated all week and bladder yesterday had me pee like 2 gallons at least. I maybe had at very most 200 calories during the race so way behind on nutrition. I was struggling the last 10 miles. Body was getting tight and starting to shut down. Heart/stomach area was hurting bit during whole race from the start not sure which one. Drank maybe 40 oz whole race. When I finished I was shaking from lack nutrition. Somehow pulled it off think because I didn't redline at all. It may not have been worth the punishment but I'll take it. Course was runnable whole time. The hills were just punchy and wasn't really technical. Only got rained on last 2 miles. Only real mistake I made was taking my hydration vest instead of waist belt I regretted that pretty much immediatly. Ruined another pair 2xu short didnt realize my nuts almost popped out.



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Was a awesome week.


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Absolutely
crushed it! BQ qualified again by over 18 mins so if I wanna go
back I'll be get in for sure. I also set a new marathon PR by 2 minutes
and 4 seconds. I was only trying to do a 3 hour marathon. So yea, did
way better then what I was trying for. I stayed calm and ran my own
race. Never actually pushing hard or getting caught up in the moment
with everyone else taking off was sort of afriad of blowing up later.
Mission accomplished though. Not sure overall placement
but that doesn't matter my time is what mattered today. Can't believe
how well I ran. Did struggle some round 18 and 22 but recovered. I've
already had two poops post race as body is flushing put the acid
buildup. It's a great feeling to be healthy again.







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Was a pretty good week.


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Finished 4th overall in 28:32.5 at the Mount Summit Challenge 3.5 mile race. Its a all uphill race along Route 40 in Hopwood, PA. What makes this a real uphill challenge is that it had 1,220 feet of gain. yes that is correct about 400 feet of gain per mile. Which is insane to think about but makes it a very unique race in western PA.







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