Assualt on Mt Mitchell
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Comments: Really struggled in the last miles. The constant climbing and weather combined to wear me down mentally. Came closer to DNFing than ever before and had to use every trick in the book to keep going. What would you do differently?: Hard to say what would have improved things, short of better weather or a different route. Post race
Event comments: They had to change the course this year due to leftover road damage from the hurricanes last summer. The new route includes a solid 30 miles of climbing not in the normal route. That, plus the new route is about 10 miles longer than the usual route. As I mentioned, I had a very difficult time finishing the event. Starting off in thunderstorms and cloudy weather all day made it very difficult to climb well. That, plus nobody seemed to know exactly how long the course was since it was new. I was very happy at the last rest stop that they could confidently tell me there were 2.4 miles to go! Its a good one to have on your resume, I'll have to think about next year. Last updated: 2005-05-23 12:00 AM
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2005-05-23 6:38 PM in reply to: #161882 |
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Got up at 4 for a 6:30 start and had Waffle House for breakfast