Fifth time is the charm for me, but finally got a buckle at Devil Dog this weekend. Feeling pretty sore and limping around today, but overall very pleased that I managed to avoid another DNF!
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Oh, congratulations!!
Awesome, unbelievable, congratulations! I have so many questions that I could probably Google, but I’d love to hear about your experience if that’s okay. When would you eat and sleep and how do you plan that across a hundred mile course? How do you graduate from marathons to even consider a challenge like this? What goes on in your mind when you hit a wall or do you even get those at your level?
Thank you! I had a timer to eat something every 45 min, no sleep which was tough towards the end. It's very different from a marathon, you're going slower and it's a lot more about keeping consistent with eating and caring for small things early. This was late in the season so cold and wet!
What were you eating?
How long did it take you?
“Small things earlier”, like what and how?
How long did you sleep when you stopped? And what kind of fucked dreams did you have?
Answer as many as you’d like, thanks for answering already, and congratulations again. Just astounding.
How long did that take?
If I had to guess, it would take me 25 hours.
I mean me too but for someone who is actually trained for this I am guessing like.... 12 hours would be a great time, maybe 13-14 more conservatively. Curious the actual answer now though
It's typically a lot closer to 20 - that's what the winning time at this race was last year.
That said, the WR for 100mi is 10:51:39 - a 6:31 pace - though that wasn't a trail run.
The winner finished in 19 ish hrs, I was at 30.5. The first 40 mi were easy to keep a pace for around 24hr, but then as the legs got tighter, the weather cooler and wetter I couldn't keep the pace up and had to walk the up hills.
Thanks for getting back. That's awesome and I hope you got some good rest!
Oh, congratulations!!