Hampered by blistered and bruised feet, I was not able to achieve my 'A' goal of the entire trail, but did nail my 'B' goal which was a fast time on the Alabama Pinhoti Trail. In the end, I covered the distance in 4 days 5 hours 39 minutes and 12 seconds. This is the 2nd fastest time on this trail section ever recorded, behind Rob Youngren whom I started the adventure with and had set the fastest time the day before.
Overall it was a great experienced and I am very proud of my effort as I stuck with it over the last 2 days when I could barely stand up at the start of each morning. I had a great crew and my pacers helped push me well beyond my limits. I have to keep remembering that I ran my first 50 miler last November at MMTR and my first hundred miler came in the initial 38 hours of this adventure run.
I am already looking for my next BHAG ultra-distance adventure run while my feet heal up. Thanks to inov-8 and Fleet Feet Sports Huntsville for encouraging me to chase my dreams, even if they seem just out of reach.
