DNF @ Spartathlon: A tough pill to swallow
We learn the most from the summits we don't reach - Scott Gordon Let me start off by saying this is not an easy post to compose. I had fully hoped to be writing a post about successfully completing my Triple Crown of Ultra-Running. I never expected to be staring blankly at my computer dissecting and analyzing what went wrong? Spartathlon is the Ultimate Test of Ultra-running. There is no other race like it in the world. The distance is staggering - 246 Km / 153 Miles. The environment is taxing with heat, humidity and rain. The time cut-offs are surreal - the first 50 miles must be completed in 9 1/2 hours and the entire race must be completed within 36 hours. The best of the best in the world toe the line at Spartathlon, and at best 1/2 of them reach the finish line. It is a race like no other, and all those that experience it describe it as the "hardest thing I've ever done." TRAINING: My training was OK for Spartathlon. I had completed 3