100m

Gratitude That’s where I want to start this race report. I couldn’t have done what I did without the help of many friends and volunteers. First and foremost: grateful for Kelly. She acted as both my crew chief and my pacer for lap 5. Without her pacing me, I wouldn’t have gotten in sub-22. Second, thank you to Jakob and Leandra. Jakob was my pacer for lap 4. On top of that, he also got stuff from my house I had forgotten. Third, thankful for Jen and Alex. Jen was my friend also running the 100 miler. Alex, her husband, acted as her crew chief, but also helped me out as well during my transitions. And finally, thanks to Josh! He’s a colleague who lets us borrow his gear for our crew tent spot. And he showed up the jeadquarters, just after I started lap 3, meaning sadly enough I missed him. ...

Javelina 100 was my first attempt at the 100 mile distance, and lead to my first ever DNF in ultrarunning. I wanted to gather my thoughts here, for two reasons: first, to share a bit about the race with the community; and second, to help me process my DNF and think about what happened and what I should do differently next time. If you’re interested in my training, I detailed that in my training blog. ...

It’s weird how exactly 6 months ago I sat down to reflect on my training for the Canyons 100k. I really enjoyed writing that down, and I wanted to reflect on the past 6 months training for the Javelina 100M. If you’re interested in reading how my Canyons 100k went, I actually never cross-posted from Strava to this platform, so please head on over there to read my very drafty race review of Canyons. ...