I pulled a "Blue Tarp" at the Chesterwoods 50K.
Blue Tarp is a euphemism for "Did not finish".
After running multiple extra miles in the middle of the race, I was losing ground on everyone and everything. At 3.5 hours, I was still far away from any idea of when I would finish and the heat was punishing me. My legs were not working well, and I was not in the right mind to beat out 2-3 hours of heat hell for a finish.
Next time I will know the course before I run it.
Bill Pomerenke beat my 50K PR with a 5:10. He has bragging rights now.
I led Zach Pierce down many incorrect miles. He threw in the towel as well after figuring out how far we still had to go.
I had my 1 opportunity to beat the fastest Matt. He was going to drop, but decided to stay in knowing he would never live it down if I finished.
Darn! I should have put together a good race. Oh well....
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Bill is really coming along! And thanks for pointing out to me that Wayne Nelson now has a faster 100 Mile finish than I do.
Yo Matt - You STILL have the fastest LPTR Kettle 100 finish since at least 2007...Probably longer than that! Safe for another year!
BTW... I just signed up for Superior... finally running again... Achilles is feeling good... so Sawtooth will be my 2011 debut. (Tough start!!!)
Damn, that's fast! You'll have your race soon enough, Matt. :)
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