Fear, anticipation, and impending pain

Less than two weeks remain until I embark on my first 100 mile ultra run. Looking back on my previous few months of training I hope it's been adequate. My running has been filled with hard, altitude-intensive miles (Timpanooke trailhead to the summit of Timpanogos, 5000 feet in 7.5 miles, among many others), up to 75 miles per week, and multiple runs per day. And with all that I'm still wondering if I should have run more miles. I've talked to friends who just finished running the Wasatch 100, and extracted the key issues they dealt with during their run. Pain was a constant... Fatigue, cold, nausea, emotional stress, and even hallucinations were components of their runs, and I expect to experience most if not all of these on my run. However, the euphoria of overcoming all of these and succeeding made it all worth it for them, and I'm definitely looking forward to testing that theory for myself. So, that said, Sept 24th is fast approaching... Wish me luck!


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