Well, I am not marking this technically “done” because it was only 25.5 miles, but on Friday I did the run I mentioned. Around mile 19 I started walking some of the uphills, and at mile 22 I stopped running altogether, but I finished the whole distance on foot! I mostly wanted to learn how my body would respond, and I definately did that. 48 hours later, I can still barely walk down the stairs (up is OK). But I am pretty proud of my 25.5 miles in 5:45.

I think I am going to try to run a real organized trail marathon in December—the Tecumseh Trail Marathon. After Friday, I think I have a sense of what is necessary mentally and it should be a lot cooler (by the end of my run, it was probably 90… terrible.) Plus, having other people around, maybe even some of my colleagues cheering me on, would be great. And someone else will take care of having water along the course.

Anyway, if you’d like to hear more about my run on Friday read this and check out the videos I recorded.