One way or another, the race is always brutal. It is 35 miles or so between checkpoints. I do not know Daryl Saari, but it would be an honor to meet the man. Jeff Rock, although unable to finish, won. The Arrowhead 135 is listed as one of 'The World's Toughest Endurance Challenges'. My pride is a bit wounded, but I will survive. 104 miles pulling 42lbs feels like failure. I took the ride of shame the last 4.5 miles to the final check Fun huh?! I had noĬhoice but pack back up and to push on. Slept loosely!) I may have fallen asleep very briefly only to be wokenīy uncontrollable coughing that turned into puking. I crawled into my bivy and slept for about an hour. At mile 98 after throwing upĪll day I tried to wait it out and see if I could somehow recover a bit. Temps it starts to get a little dangerous. When you need to continue to expend energy.
To mile 105 or so was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.īeing unable to fuel the furnace is not a good combinatio n
Considering I wanted to quit long before mile 75, making it That started a LONG downward spiral which ultimately lead to
Upon leaving check point 2 (mile75) I was unable to hold down food Well wishes kept me going long after I probably should have pulled the I just want to take a minute to thank all my friends and family.
