6.4.18 Monday Morning!

Hey BT! Good morning!

6:00am:  recovery stretching + light weights

I survived the Bryce Canyon 50...make that 55K!  They tricked us!  It was an out and back course with the turn around listed at 15.5 miles.  Nope...turnaround was actually at 16.75--I was worried for a solid mile that I was off course but nope!  It was a little deflating knowing I was in for more than 31 miles...but whatevs!  I just kept going.  The entire race was between 7,000ft-9,000ft with a total of about 6,100ft of climbing.  The altitude did not bother me a bit.  All that training I've been doing above 5,500ft definitely helped. Heat didn't bother me either.  In fact nothing bothered me except for some of the climbing--that was rough but just kept putting one foot in front of the other.  Power hiked when I had to, ran when I could.  It was amazing!!!  I really loved the whole day.  The cut off was 11 hours...made it in 10:40 ish.  I stopped my Garmin at the aid stations so my official time was probably a bit slower.

I'm going to attempt to attach some pics!

This week will be recovery, forcing myself to go easy.

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