The Rockin K 50 Mile was this last Saturday, NRGE ultra ace Jeremy Morris was bent on winning it for the umpteenth time, but hey, that’s why they run the race. He will join our other ultra stud Pete Kostelnick at Free State on the 18th:
“Ended up 2nd in 8:40:10. Took a nasty fall around 3 miles into the race onto some small jagged rocks that scraped up my left leg and arm pretty good. My calves and hamstrings started cramping around mile 23 which was still on the first loop of the race. I was still in the lead at the start of the second loop so I decided to go back out other wise I probably would have called it a day then. I could jog the flats and the down hills, but had to walk the up hills as every climb made me cramp up. I held on to the lead until around mile 44 or 45 when Todd Nott caught up with me. He slowed down and walked and jogged with me until around mile 47 or 48 when I just couldn’t run any more. Every muscle in my legs were locking up on me at this point, even when jogging the flats. Was starting to think that I might not be able to finish the last few miles. My legs were completely dead. I just continued moving forward and was able to finish the race with a lot of walking and a sort of a jog that was more of a waddle. Was kind of expecting to have cramping issues during this race, because my calves cramped up while I was sleeping 3 out of the last 4 nights before the race. This is a rare occurrence for me to cramp in my sleep and I do not have an explanation for it. Have not had a problem cramping this week at all. This was definitely the most painful 50 mile I have ran. Running the Free State 40 miler on 4/18/2015. Hopefully my legs will feel better for this race and Lincoln. ”
Sometimes the mountain can seem more than the man. During the very essence of pain, as Jeremy says above, “I just continued moving forward”, that is all one can ask. Proud to call him a mate.
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