So I have mostly been tapering, and it has been uneventful. I put in a bunch of hard hours working to help put on the 100 MTB race, and felt like that made for some good workouts. I also ran the 10K and got 20th out of 342 ( http://my4.raceresult.com/details/results.php?lang=en&page=6&eventid=12247&contest=1&name=Result%20Lists%7COverall%20Results&CertificateLink=1&format=view ). I wasn't supposed to run that fast, but I got competitive. Hopefully that doesn't happen on Saturday.
Kirk and Jon got in on Monday, and we have been hiking and fishing since then. We had a really long planning meeting that was great for figuring out food, and times, etc. After we got done with our planning, we were happy to find that several trustworthy plans on the internet and from a friend were very similar to the plan we had constructed.
I am a bit nervous, but still confident that I can get done under the 25 hour mark, and get that big belt buckle. When I first arrived in Leadville at the beginning of the summer, the idea was simply to finish. So if I do not get the sub-25 hour time I am looking for, I can still be happy with having completed this race.
Thanks for everyone who kept up along the way, and gave me support. I want to thank Jon, Ben, Kirk, and Christine for showing up to pace and crew for me. Thanks to my family back home for keeping me in their thoughts and prayers. I have been extremely blessed to have the opportunity to be up here all summer, and to remain mostly injury free.
Check out the leadvilleraceseries.com website on Saturday and early Sunday morning to keep track of me along the way. http://www.leadvilleraceseries.com/page/show/341303-results This url will probably be the best for finding me. You can search by name or bib number.
Let's do this!
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