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2022 OUTLAW 135 - Last man standing DNF with a 100M unofficial finish

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                             OUTLAW 135   Running is stupid. Ultra running is stupider. 100M+ is stupidest. Now that we have that out of the way, here's a look at my 135 mile race experience from the origins thru training and then the race itself. 2020 COVID limited my ultra racing, so I chose to only run races I felt that I could manage safely and those that would contribute to my goal race, Black Hills which was reset to 2021 from the 2020 cancellation. I knew the Outlaw course was difficult, having run the Dark N Dirty 50K, but I wasn't sure how difficult the 100M and 135M would be compared to other hard mountain races like LOVIT100M and Black Hills 100M. I signed up for the 2020 Outlaw 50M and used the Athens-Big Fork marathon and Ouchita Switchbacks 50K as final training races leading up to it. The Outlaw 50M would be a major training race for the Black Hills 100 in June. I had attempted Black Hills 100M twice and DNF'd both prior attempts. I thought I had moved past t
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Black Hills 100 Race Report 2021

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Preamble  I had signed up for my third attempt a Black Hills 100 or 2020 are the race directors at the written foresight to cancel race later which became a super spreader event nationally as a result further adding to the shit sandwich that 2020 had become.  I reset my training plans, dealing with Covid-19 and life in general. My training fell off at some point, so when given the opportunity to resign for 2021, I mentally set progressing goals that I need to achieve to get ready for a June race.  January of this year I was weighing approximately 194 pounds the most I’ve weighed since I started running. My training had gone pretty far downhill.  My goal was to core strength up at least 70 to 80% of where it was when I ran the LOVIT 100. I needed a fitness level to get through the mileage yet mobility and strength to be able to get through a very difficult mountain race. I love technical with lots of large rocks and trees. I enjoy being in that kind of environment even though I’m not ab
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