Difficult Decisions

The last few months have been quite humbling.  After successfully completely 10 marathons, 6 ultras, and 2 Ironmans without a DNF on my record, I recorded two in two attempts.  The first, I dropped to help someone else.  The second was due to my own issues.  After, I continued to battle a strange foot issue.  I was able to shake the pseudo-injury, but in the process I lost a lot of training toward the Cactus Rose 100.  Initially, I accepted the fact that I would be running the race under-trained, however, the more I thought about it the more I realized I was not in any shape to attempt the race.  I struggle with this knowledge for several days before finally having a discussion with Katie.  It was finally an admission that I needed to forgo the 100 attempt.  I had already made the decision before calling her, but I needed to hear myself say it out loud.

I emailed the race director and asked if he could change my entry from the 100 to the 50.  My new plan is to run the 50 at Cactus Rose and then make my debut at the 100 mile distance in February at Rocky Raccoon.  I guess I'm learning and getting smarter in my old age...