Sequioa 50k – Lethargy all around from Race to Post!

This such a long overdue post, it’s ridiculous. But Jen has reminded me, for good or bad, you should post a little something to ‘document’ the run. And here goes:

On Feb. 28th I ran the Sequioa 50km put on wonderfully by PCTR. Early week forecasts called for rain to hit that Saturday and I was less than thrilled. I was sick and had been sick for 2 weeks and my final desire was to run 6 hours in the rain to be stricken days later with pneumonia. Race day approached with the rain holding off until Sunday – but it was still cold.

My attempt at a conservative goal was simply beat last year’s time of 5:57:21. My thought was, it’s a good time but I really blew-up on that run during the last 20k. And, coming off my very successful Pacifica and Arizona runs I can do this. Whelp the reality of 32 miles is, well, a reality. The truth was I had no idea what kind of shape I was in nor how my illness would effect me.

I started slow, pushed some at an attempt to keep up with fellow CRC member Eric Vaughan but just couldn’t do it. Then my 8 serving GU bottle fell out of my hydration pack pocket – that was a hit on my fueling strategy! This is beginning to sound like a string of excuses… it’s not. I ran sick and shouldn’t be surprised with my result. I came out of the day with a 6:07:51. A decent time, I suppose.

The following week, I was struck with a horrible flu. And life sucked momentarily.

Some days you’re off and other days line-up much better.

~ by pureh2o on April 2, 2009.