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The story behind my 100 Mile Run.

Going into this run, I knew it was going to be a battle from the start.

The week before I was packing up my whole life to move to the U.S. and drive a U-Haul down with my brother.

We drove 12 hours from Toronto to Tennessee.

Halfway through the drive we stopped at a hotel at 3 AM, slept for 4 hours, and continued the drive down.

I got to Tennessee on Friday and had to move into my new apartment. I think everyone understands how hectic moving is.

The plan was to start running on Saturday at 10 PM so that I could finish by a decent time on Sunday. My goal was to finish within 25 hours.

I finished prepping all my fuel at around 1 AM on Sunday and decided to get in a quick 2-hour Power Nap.

I started my run at 4 AM so I knew it was going to be rough running through the night on a path that I’d never run before. 

Completing 20 Miles, I came out of that night thinking that was going to be the hardest part of the run but damn I was wrong.

90% of the run was an uphill battle.

The beauty of these long runs is that no matter how shitty you feel in the moment, there will be a point where you get a new wind and I just kept pushing towards that.

From Miles 0-50, I had to dig deep.

From Miles 50-70, I was feeling a lot better.

At Mile 70 I had my family and friends waiting for me since they all just flew in from Toronto to come support me.

I saw the light at the end of the tunnel with 30 Miles left… until I started going into the night, again.

From Miles 70-79, I was doing well until sleep deprivation started hitting me like I’ve never experienced before.

Running off only a couple of hours of sleep from the last 2 days, I was closing my eyes and falling asleep while running.

Caffeine wasn’t helping and at Mile 80 I knew I had to take a nap so that I could finish the rest of the run.

My friends met me in a car so that I could take a 10-minute nap and continue.

I woke up and my legs were seized up, I could barely move them and thought I couldn’t keep going.

I thought that was the end.

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