It’s silly to get so frustrated and so caught up. It’s something I like to do, and it doesn’t matter that much. No more pity parties for the rest of the time. Of course, that’s a little frustrating, but I probably could have handled it a little bit better, but it worked out.

I lost my shoe in the mud.īradley: Twice, and it took me five minutes to fish it out. IRunFar: Where did that actually happen on the course?īradley: It happened right after Red Star Ridge. I think that’s the key thing is just switching that attitude. Cat, you’re being silly for being so frustrated, and made a commitment to myself to having an attitude change, and it worked. But I saw everyone take out so fast and thought, There it goes, which is silly because everyone tells you to just chill on the first 15.

I got really frustrated, which is so silly in the first 15 miles of the race. It wasn’t just… it was really hard for me. You’re hiking too much.” It’s just that transition and learning about the sport and learning about me as a runner.īradley: Yeah, I was struggling a lot in the snow. I need someone to be like, “You’re running too little miles. IRunFar: You need someone to tell that you got your workout done today.īradley: Yeah, or someone to just be like, “This is how many miles you should be running.” Otherwise, I live in Boulder, so an hour run could be two miles. If you don’t train, you can’t leave everything out there.

It’s so gratifying when you leave everything out there. Before when it was just survival, it was hard. I should try or focus a little bit.”īradley: Not only that, but I really fell in love with the 100-mile distance. After the Bear 100, I took it a little more seriously. It was zero training, jump into a race, and survive.

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