Third time is not always the charm
I ran, or I suppose I should say that I attempted to run the John Holmes 50k trail run on Saturday and once again I went home with a DNF. This was my third time at this event and this DNF is even more disappointing that last years.
You see, I first ran this event 3 years ago and finished feeling very strong at just under 6 hours, then last year I DNF’d at around mile 28, and this past Saturday I DNF’d at around mile 24.
I wish I could say I knew what was wrong. I was eating and drinking on both failed attempts but I still got to a point when I just felt overly dehydrated and needed out. The course is tough, I am not a trail runner by nature and I think part of the fail is that my mind gets going, there is quite a bit of alone time on this course, and when you are not feeling great that tends to eat away at you.
If nothing else this has given me some determination moving forward. Some may have gotten scared away from my next challenge after this failed day, but I am feeling more determined to make it happen by this failure.
Some say that is a character trait, I always believe that I can make something happen, despite past failures. I am usually confident and pretty much always willing to make an attempt. Most people think I am crazy for attempting a 100 mile run, and now even more will think that after I failed to run 31. I guess you can say I am stubborn.
Time to sit down and finalize my training plan, take a few days off running and then begin seeing what will work while building up some serious endurance.
Of course more will come on my training for the Keys 100 in the coming months.
