(September 26, 2013 at 12:57pm) Many of
you read the post I shared last year entitled,
“The Ultra Beast I couldn’t slay.” A year later,
I’m proud to write a different note...The Ultra
Beast I slayed.
If you didn’t read last year’s, I’ll fill you in
with the last paragraph from that note:
“There’s a part of me that was left on the
mountain in Killington. It’s like there’s a
mythical dragon that took my sword after a
battle. Some would say, “it’s just a sword”…but
it’s not. I know the heartache, disappointment
and the likes will subside with time…that
I’ll come back to Vermont stronger, wiser
and more ready next time. But as “silly” as it
may sound, I feel like I won’t be 100% until I
conquer it.”
You know, looking back at last year, and
I’ve shared this with a few other people, I
actually ran a lot more. I did more races. I put
more work in in-between them. If anything,
I thought I would’ve DNF’ed this year as
opposed to last year. This year I ran 5-10 less
events before the Ultra Beast, did really no
running between them and just a handful
of times did I actually do anything to better
11
myself training wise. Stupid training plan to
earn redemption right?
Maybe.