The previous 5 months, I had done nothing but eat, sleep, breathe, and live the Race, and knew that my only shot was to push as hard as I could withoutĭrove down to Frozen Head a week before the race I felt that I was as trained I had never in my life trained as hard as I did for this Unfamiliar miles of the Mid-State Trail here in PA. Purposely finding hills that were on gas-line and power-line cuts, or upĪs part of my training I also ran the 42-mile Black Forest Trail in aĭay and practiced orienteering and sleep-deprivation on a non-stop hike over 70 From the moment I got back from Antarctica, I focusedĪll of my efforts on doing long, hilly weekend runs with lots of mid-week hillīuilt up my weekly miles to nearly 100, and my elevation gain to 30,000 during Need thousands of feet of elevation (more so than miles). I had no idea what would be proper training, I only knew that I would Wanted to do this one for me…more of an inward journey. Normally I would post something onlineĪbout my race schedule and start swapping info with other runners. Of January, I made the decision to keep my entry quiet. Would pull out my maps, and race reports and study some more. If there’s anything else I needed to do, and he responded by saying, “HILL

Set up an email scheduler to send the email on the entry date as I was actuallyįound out I was accepted, I told everyone at my field camp, and it became quite

Me the opportunity to be tortured and maimed.so that I may call myself a I want to feel what it's like to push myself to the absoluteĮxtreme point of whimpering in a corner, only to get kicked again while

Like to be at the complete edge of my capabilities. Said something like, “…blah blah…you’ve heard it all before Laz. Resume, but hoped my thru-hikes and time in Antarctica would give me a betterĮssay about why I thought I could finish, but in the end deleted it all and simply I knew just getting in was going to be a challenge as well.

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