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Rocky Raccoon 100 2017-DNF

Posted on February 5, 2017July 24, 2019
Rocky Raccoon 100, my first voluntary DNF (Did Not Finish). I think I went out too fast. First 20 was 4:30, second 5:15, third 8:00. In 13:00 I certainly might have done one more loop, but 2 wasn’t in the cards. So it’s a DNF. A couple of spills (note: even if your Camelbak is chafing, don’t stick both thumbs under the straps, or if you do, don’t trip on a root. I damn near broke a thumb, and/or my face), but no dislocations this time. The weather was great, the only issues were really my own lack of preparation and optimistic ideas about my performance. This looked much more like Keys than Lean Horse. The difference: training and preparation. Fun fact: the Beatles wrote a great song of the same name about an impetuous young man who decides to seek out revenge only to learn a painful lesson. I can somehow relate.
My trail shoes doing what they do, attract dirt.
Secret roots hidden by pine straw.
One of the few non-rooty parts of the trail
Welcome to faceplant central.
RWB flag carrier and a fellow cracking out the trekking poles.
Be careful of those roots
3 week caffeine fast, and yes, coke is like, well coke.
The obvious roots aren’t such a problem if you aren’t too tired to forget to lift your feet
The smooth Jeep road to Damnation
Lake Raven
I swear that one back there grabbed my ankle and spanked me against the ground.

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