Notes
Ugg not pretty. Lord Hill 20 mile. Great day, super muddy, snow in the beginning, sunshine later, but wretched stomach issues. blarg. Started out reasonably, but after the big hill a fast woman passed me. I caught her, and got really speedy to the aid station, leading a group of 8 people or so, her included. I was surprised she was still so close, I was pushing pretty hard. I kept flying, but the stomach started to feel unstable and a guy was nipping at my heels not letting me relax at all. Eventually all these people passed me as the pain got worse and I just didn't have the motivation to fight it. They were mostly 50k people and not being able to keep up with them bummed me out. The lady was Mel, turns out a much better runner than me, that made up time lost on the technical trails by bombing fast on the fire roads. Impressive. I finished the loop in 1:29, but spent a long time trying to resolve the issue, which didn't reduce the pain, just wasted time. I trudged through the second loop alone, trying to stay positive and just enjoy the run as much as possible, but was pretty annoyed the stomach thing never really got better despite all the things I did for it.
Oh well, can't have a good day every time. At least my muscle imbalance didn't get to cause trouble. Disappointed I couldn't at least make last year's time.