A new belt buckle!

I committed and did it. South Downs Way 100 is in the books! Despite lack of training, recovery, and the other motivational road blocks lately I figured I've got the weekend I may as well try. 

Goal was 20 hours but due to poor planning and race execution on my part I finished within my secondary goal of sub 24 hours at around 23:15.

Post race I was immediately sore and hobbling around, but not nearly as bad as in the past which was interesting. I would've walked the couple miles to the train station but was offered a ride. 

Muscles were curiously in good shape after a good night's sleep. I could tell I was tired still but could comfortably walk around and stretch. Main thing I've noticed is an achey feeling in my tendons and ligaments. Also sore feet. Been eating lots of protein and healthy things to try to get back to normal. 

I'll get a race report up as soon as I can. As expected overall a great experience. This race qualifies me for the Western States 100 lottery. I've spoken with the wife and my name will be in the hat in November (race is in Tahoe mid-June). Unfortunately it's something like a 5% chance, but hey, if you don't weigh in, you don't wrestle!