Jade, what a terrific write-up of your race. Once again, your writing allows the reader to "be there" as you experienced the various parts of the race! You did terrifically well! Ninth place was beyond your goal, so good for you. Appreciated reading about your nutrition and the need for shoe changes! So nice your Dad could watch! Hope you have recovered well and are setting new goals for yourself! Congratulations!
Good read Jade! I enjoy the openness, honesty and self awareness that is evident in your writings in general and your race recaps in particular. Oh , and the race performance was quite excellent, BTW...
Congrats — that’s so impressive! What kind of shoes did you wear before changing into the road ones at the end? I never take time like you did to change shoes. Seems like you certainly gained that time back though, and it paid off.
Thanks so much, Sarah! I was wearing the Nike Ultraflys, which I like for the speed. I'm hoping Topo develops a faster trail shoe to be on par with some of the other ones available, but the Topo Specters, which are actually road shoes, worked just fine for the later miles of the course!
Jade, what a terrific write-up of your race. Once again, your writing allows the reader to "be there" as you experienced the various parts of the race! You did terrifically well! Ninth place was beyond your goal, so good for you. Appreciated reading about your nutrition and the need for shoe changes! So nice your Dad could watch! Hope you have recovered well and are setting new goals for yourself! Congratulations!
Thanks for the kind words, Auntie Mar!
Good read Jade! I enjoy the openness, honesty and self awareness that is evident in your writings in general and your race recaps in particular. Oh , and the race performance was quite excellent, BTW...
Thank you so much for reading, Chris!
Well done and well written! So many things for the rest of us to take away here, thank you!
Thank you for reading and I'm glad you could find some takeaways!
Congrats — that’s so impressive! What kind of shoes did you wear before changing into the road ones at the end? I never take time like you did to change shoes. Seems like you certainly gained that time back though, and it paid off.
Thanks so much, Sarah! I was wearing the Nike Ultraflys, which I like for the speed. I'm hoping Topo develops a faster trail shoe to be on par with some of the other ones available, but the Topo Specters, which are actually road shoes, worked just fine for the later miles of the course!
Have been looking forward to your post about this race. As always it is a wonderful and inspiring read!
Thank you for your comment, Sarah. I always appreciate you reading!
Nice write up Jadie. It’s nice to see your race even after the event! I couldn’t figure out how to find and follow online due to my own ineptness. 😞
Nice to see your shiny face 🥰
Thanks, Mama! I tried to get it written as fast as I could so that I remembered the various parts of the race. Thanks for reading and commenting ❤️