79.67 strong to a dead stop.

Leading into Delirium I believed I had solid training under my feet. I was having feet issues heading into this race but I prayed that they would just hold up.

Starting this race I took my first 5k fast, 23something, pretty sure the first 10 or 15 miles my pace stayed around 8:40s. I finally eased into a slower pace 9:30s.

The course was flat, trail, rained for a few hours, got very muddy in sections and hard to run through.

I knew in the back of my head there's was no way I was going to be running out there the full 24 hours, but I believe I could possibly get sub 18 hour 100 even if I walked an hour.

I think I started to fall a sleep around 35 miles, then started to run with man in the 6 hour event, we got to talking and I didn't even realize my paces were dropping sub 9 minutes again. He did well 40ish miles in 6 hours. I too reached 40 in 6 hours, told myself to slow down.

I hit a wall again at this point and changed from my Hokas to my

Mizunos around 46 miles bc they were so much coated in dirt they felt like bricks.

Got to moving again, felt good and cranked out a few laps in a sub 9 minute pace then settled in again. Reached 50 miles in 7:53.

I started to have negative thoughts, and I was trying to get myself out of it so I started to set little goals for myself. My goal was to get to the 100k in under 10 hours, I was 9:53. Then my new goal was to see how if I can get 70 miles in 12 hours, I got over 73 miles.

I was good to go for a couple more miles. Then all hell happened, instantly couldn't take another step without agonizing pain. My toe was bothering me for the past 30 miles but I felt a snap, I thought it has snapped off. And of course that cramp that I has been having an issue with in my other foot, that was something I might have still could have pushed through, but whatever I did to my knee, I couldn't move. I walked slowly the last lap, I didn't want to call it quits, mentally I was fine.

I ran so comfortable and relaxed for 79.67 miles in sub 13 hours, disappointed that I couldn't reach 100 due to my feet, mentally I was ready I had more to give, lesson learned, Hokas for entire race!

Not sure what is next, I was planning on running another 24 hour race soon but my motivation and determination is low, I should just look at Delirium as a really long training run. Not sure what I want to do with running now so taking time to think about that....

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