I don't remember what leg this was lul
3:30am I knew I was going to be adding a little extra on because Gill wrecked his calf and our whole van was taking some miles off his leg for him. My stomach was not agreeing with me at all before my leg and I was getting worried I would litterally explode on my run. When we pulled over to switch Austin out for Kobe I went over to the bushes and dry-heaved a little to no avail, then it was time for me to takeover for as long as I could. I switched the vest out with Kobe and began to slowly pick it up because my stomach was worrying me. Yet, as I picked up my pace I felt better and better so I just kept picking it up lol. The van took a while to follow me along and I got a wee bit paranoid during that cause I was in the middle of wilderness and visibility from the headlamp was minimal due to all the ash in the air. They finally pulled up behind me and I became conscious of the fact that I was and had been running up hill but I couldn't tell how steep it was I just wanted to go. So I kept going up and up, got some real nice downhill for about .3 and ended up holding back but still going 5:20 pace and it just felt blissful. I felt so strong during this leg, I was just going and having fun. Got to the exchange and the van wasn't there ready to drop Austin off so I was fully happy to just keep running but the volunteer called me back and told us the next legs were cancelled due to the excessive smoke in the air. We drove this stretch of road the next day during daylight and I was shocked to learn just how much hill there was, in the dark I wasn't aware just how much gain there was. 7:08 once again #consistency 728ft of gain in just those 4 miles lol
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