"I always start these events with very lofty goals. Like I think I'm going to do something special. And after a point of body deterioration, the goals get evaluated down. I always get to a point where the best I can hope for is to avoid throwing up on my shoes." Ephraim Romesberg...Badwater Ultramarathon participant
Thursday, December 28, 2017
After all, there's only one more week until Dopey...
Life got in the way again. But it didn't get in the way of running. So a week from today, I'll be in my hotel room in Florida (knock on wood--I'm a nut job about traveling and won't believe this is all going to come together until I am standing at the expo). There's a bag at the end of the bed where I'm tossing everything I think I'll need in Florida. And I'm watching the weather like a hawk.
Four pictures above. The magic band package--I'm taking my mom with me to Disney. She's not been to Disney in 30+ years. So we're heading out together. Crazy.
That's Godzilla the horse. He is spending his Christmas vacation in the pasture across from our house. He is one of the Culver Black Horse Troop horses. So I caught a horse selfie at the end of one of my taper runs. Taper!
That's me in the Culver shirt... 80 degree run inside (or at least it felt like it). And it was 6 degrees outside. So I opened a window and took a picture. Grateful to have hit taper right at the point of the freezing temps.
And on the last day of my last mock Dopey (2.5/5/10/20 runs over four days), I came home to find this cake. Yep, I'm coming for you, Dopey!
Working up a packing list now...
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