Makes two in two weeks, I am pretty beat right now and only trained 13 hours last week but the race took a lot out of me. It warmed up to about 85 degrees and we just haven't had that kind of weather yet...
Met up with some friends Friday night in Guthrie OK, ate BBQ of all things and hit the rack fairly early. For some reason I was a little on edge. I think it was because I really wanted to run well and a little smack talk was in my brain...I know better than that...but it did motivate me.
Got to the race course and the wind was blowing like hell. It was a little cold just before that start. Shelley said she was feeling good and wanted to take off. I was totally fucking worried about her...she ran way too fast and smartly withdrew after about 22 miles.
I started on the north loop a bit too fast. My plan was to take it easy on the first north loop then pick it up on south loop...then ease back on the second north loop then empty the tank on the second south loop....
I was a bit ahead of schedule coming off the first loop. I had lost touch with al and malane but wasn't too worried...made a quick ditch of my long sleeve shirt had 1/2 a redbull and was off on the south trail...I felt great and was flying but it was getting hot...I got to the button hook on the south trail and didn't see al or malane...I knew I was within a 1/2 mile since that is about the distance around the button hook...I don't know if this was a good thing or not because it sent me into chase mode...I was coming in to the transition area and as I passed the bathroom Malane was coming out of it...I knew I was really close...
Another 1/2 redbull as I watched Al and Malane head out of the second north loop...I caught them fairly soon and just hung with them for rest of the north loop...I was really starting to feel the heat and it was starting to work on my legs. I was ready to be done...
Coming into to start the second south loop Shelley was there and had withdraw...I felt so bad for her as she was on course record pace by a long shot. She could have walked the finish and still won...I just don't know what she needs to be fixed an back to her normal running self. I just really worry about her...
...I took off on the last loop and was feeling tired, hot and ready to be done but I thought I was in the top 10 so I wanted to stay there. Going out I saw a few dudes that were ahead of my and didn't know how. I was totally confused later I found out they started an hour earlier...Anyway I got to the button hook and started my watch to see if I had put any time on Al and Malane as they left the transision after I did...I got to the trail intersection and there they were so I knew I had about 5 min on them but I was really starting to hurt...I just keep digging and pushing...finally I was within a mile from the finish and I started to relax...dumb move I got passed by the 1st place female with about 200 yds to go...no worries I still finish 8th overall. So a good day on two 50k's in two weeks.
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