I think it will take me some time to be able to truly describe what I went through yesterday and into the wee hours of the morning. We ran 56 miles yesterday and it was unlike anything I've ever experienced before. I questioned my motives and what brought me here but knew that I had no choice but to finish what I started. Stage 3 started just after 9am and I finished around 5am, finishing in just under 20 hours. I'm not sure how many women are in this race but at the present time I'm ranked 36!!!
At the beginning of the day I knew I was in for a long one and that running wasn't going to be much of an option due to the condition of my feet. We had head winds pretty much the whole day which didn't make the task of moving forward any easier. As the sun set I came into check point 4 (I think) and paired up with a guy from Philly (Sam) who was my buddie moving forward.
Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement and support. I can't wait for evening emails tonight!
xo
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In keeping with my "commenting on the blog you can't read motif" I can only imagine what 20 hours of slogging through sand, wind and darkness can do. Closest I came was probably my initiation into the fraternity which was about 36 hours of deprivation of all senses while marching...totally hallucianted by the end. I'm curious to see if you had a similar experience.
One more to go and then a shower and fat ass steak...well it's probably camel wait for Wolensky's I'm buying!
xooxxo
Rick
Katie - this is incredible. Park of me wishes I was out there with - what an awesome experience!!! You're almost there!
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