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| Tarwheel Century |
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| Willis River 50k |
With one more event in my schedule (Seashore 50k on 12-15) I decided to do a year-end retrospective. What went right, what went wrong and what did I learn?
I felt great when I signed up for the Georgia Death Race and the Ute 100. They were my two big goal races for 2018. In both cases I decided not to make the trips and cut my losses due to injury. I finally figured out prior to the Outer Banks Marathon for me it is better to show up undertrained and uninjured than to be trained and injured.
The Barkley Fall Classic would have been a goal race, but I've been on the waitlist two years in a row. At least I got to do it twice, with one marathon finish and one DNF.
The year definitely had some highlights. I got to run Grayson Highlands Half with my daughter, I rode Pedal for the Pig with my son and I did the Dogwood and CHKD races with Marie.
I still really like trail races. I did fine in all of my half marathons.
I DNF'd Eastern Divide 50k, but it didn't feel like a DNF. I got to run about 16 miles in beautiful mountains until my knee started bothering me from miles of continuous downhill running.
I DNF'd Night Train 50k. I felt fine, but once the sun went down I had no desire to run another 15 miles by myself. It just didn't seem worth it.
Highlights on the bike would have to be the two mountain events. I've already signed up for Gran Fondo Alleghany and will probably sign up the Mountain Mama Roadbike Challenge again. The great thing about the mountain rides is the scenery. You suffer going uphill, but you're usually rewarded with some nice long downhill stretches.
I'll probably do some more of the flat centuries just because they're nearby. Tarwheel Century was my least favorite due to the horrible winds.
1-21 Willis River 50k
2-25 Colonial Half Marathon
3-31 Georgia Death Race (DNS)
3-31 Dogwood 12-Hour
4-14 Tarwheel Century Ride
5-6 Grayson Highlands Half Marathon
5-12 CHKD Run/Walk for the Kids
5-20 Bust the Banks Half Marathon
5-26 Pedal for the Pig Century Ride
6-16 Eastern Divide Ultra 50k (DNF)
6-30 Night Train 50k (DNF)
7-21 Gran Fondo Alleghany (AG 3rd)
8-4 Mountain Mama Roadbike Challenge
8-11 Ute 100 (DNS)
9-8 Surry Century Ride
9-28 OBX Cycle Races 40k & 20k (AG 1st)
10-20 OBX Century Ride for Life (Cancelled due to TS Michael debris)
11-11 OBX Marathon
12-15 Seashore 50k
