Spokes

Well, fast forward 17-months from my pacing experience at the Leadville 100 trail run and I’ve done the unthinkable. This week I pulled the trigger on a race registration that has my stomach feeling like I ate some bad sushi. Somehow I have gone from “ why would you ever think about a 100 mile run, those people are crazy ” to finishing my first 50-miler last year and blurting out “ #@%^ ever doing 100! ” to registering for the Leadville 100. The reality is after finishing my pacing segment with Kristina in 2014, I had the bug to see what I was capable of. I remember Julie asking me in the car on the way back to our hotel how the experience was, and I had ‘ that look ’ in my eyes. That ‘ look ’ that no doubt made her heart sink knowing that I would have my date with Leadville 100 destiny in the future.  My friend Seth had a quote last year that summed it up well for me, " endurance racing is like heroin, buddy. Once you get a taste you cant quit. " The truth of th