If I were to have very many marathons go the way this one did, I would ask myself, “Why bother?” This was a major crash and burn. My energy levels were low, my legs were lacking decent turn over, and I realized the second half would be a slow crawl to finish. It would become my slowest time in the past six of nine years. I’m actually embarrassed, and see why some runners would rather have a dnf.
I have my training to blame, as I did a 40 mile mountain training run in preparation for the Wasatch 100, only a week prior and should have known my reserves would be tapped out. It was a sacrifice I was half-heartedly willing to make. This was a learning experience to chalk up and move on from.
There were some great conversations with friends and the scenery is wonderful, so the event was not a total failure. I am optimistic that next year will be a better performance for me, as long as I don’t do anything stupid preceding it!
My Garmin splits were…Nah, not even worth listing!
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