Thank you for sharing--a good read and very helpful! I usually do a high, a medium, and a low goal for races. I'm trying to figure these out for ES100 now.
Jeff, sounds like you had a bit of bad luck mixed in with your excellent train up. Sorry to hear you had highly suspicious stomach issues. Puking is bad enough when you’re at home and managing let alone running a 100 miles. I can’t imagine how much that took out of you and your body’s ability to perform at it’s best.
I would have been so disappointed to have an unknown blindside me during a highly anticipated event. It sounds like you you’re working through that and although your hierarchy of goals may have lacked your seal of approval in the end, I personally think it would have still been hard to accept the adjusted goal for a variable (highly suspicious stomach bug/issue) you couldn’t control. Most of the other train/race variables you had dialed in. Ugh!
Disappointment is hard in the moment as we all know, But there are rewards and blessings that await in future experiences and pursuits. I know you know that, and I am confident you will figure out what’s next and crush the top goal and perhaps even the reach goal.
Journey on my friend.
Thanks for sharing and what a great reminder of how someone else’s moment in time(the pass) can reignite our being with exactly what it needs.
Thanks for linking to my post.
Tell what happened...why did you miss your goal(s)? Bad races are good teachers!
Thank you for sharing--a good read and very helpful! I usually do a high, a medium, and a low goal for races. I'm trying to figure these out for ES100 now.
Jeff, sounds like you had a bit of bad luck mixed in with your excellent train up. Sorry to hear you had highly suspicious stomach issues. Puking is bad enough when you’re at home and managing let alone running a 100 miles. I can’t imagine how much that took out of you and your body’s ability to perform at it’s best.
I would have been so disappointed to have an unknown blindside me during a highly anticipated event. It sounds like you you’re working through that and although your hierarchy of goals may have lacked your seal of approval in the end, I personally think it would have still been hard to accept the adjusted goal for a variable (highly suspicious stomach bug/issue) you couldn’t control. Most of the other train/race variables you had dialed in. Ugh!
Disappointment is hard in the moment as we all know, But there are rewards and blessings that await in future experiences and pursuits. I know you know that, and I am confident you will figure out what’s next and crush the top goal and perhaps even the reach goal.
Journey on my friend.
Thanks for sharing and what a great reminder of how someone else’s moment in time(the pass) can reignite our being with exactly what it needs.
Oh, and older, faster, stronger, (wiser).... thanks for the shout out.