The Badger 100 Part I
At some point during Rocky Raccoon, I think I told Nicole that I didn’t think I’d want to run another 100 miler for a while. But here we are 6 months later and I’m writing a race recap of a second 100 miler attempt. Clearly, I have a horrible memory or am a glutton for punishment, haha. But the why is an important question to address especially given the outcome and why it was so disappointing. After mulling it over quite a bit, I signed up for The Badger for one main reason: COVID times are weird and wreaked havoc on many of our goals this race season but that shouldn’t be a reason to put things on hold. I still wanted to challenge myself. I have been trying to change my perspective on things and not see 2020 as a total loss, but rather an opportunity to practice, improve, and get to know myself better for the 2021 race season. *** Based on my experience at Rocky, barring a serious injury, I knew the mileage wasn’t going to be a problem. However, I remember feeling awful after mile