daHurt 2013

I headed into the hurt this year with minimal training, a cold, and a burning desire to run at least 100 K.   I finished the 100 K, 67 Miles on the hurt course, in about 25 hours, and was satisfied with my run, but the lack of training, particularly a long run, had made me numb to the problems of fatigue related mind-bonks, and I lost a chance at the 100 miler through nothing more than stupidity.

I'm not going to run through the whole race, but will say that the first loop was really fast over a great course.  The second was almost as good but suffered from a 20 minute delay because my water bladder was leaking and I had to change it out.   The third loop just went very badly and I don't know where the time went.  By the time I realized I was slowing it was too late to really make it up and I was running in deficit from there on out.  The fourth loop portion was hard, I couldn't find speed, and I needed it at that point. I have been in that position before and knew what I needed to do.  Lack of training made me hesitant to push myself to the limit and beyond. Realizing this, I slowed far too much on the down into Manoa, and called it a night/morning.

I am still trying to figure out where the 1:30 went that I lost on loop 3.

It was a great race.  Very well managed.  Lots of fun. The aid stations were great, the prep was great, it was one of the best races I've run in. The organizers are to be complemented.  Particularly the aid station staffs.

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