Ego Annihilation on a 1 Mile Course

[JSmitty]

Great job Laura. I am in awe of your journey and truly loved your race report. It is so honest with the tidbits of sarcasm and description of emotion and physical endurance of your 20 hours.
I am really looking forward to meeting you in Ottawa.
Hope you are recovering well.

[Jo-Jo]

:clap:

Truly amazing journey USF (I think you should keep the Flower in your name). and you did it on your terms.

Congratulations!

I like the name Ultra SpiritFlower too

[DonnaRigs]

Thank you so much for sharing with us - what a wonderful report. Your beautiful spirit shines through.

Sometimes reminders about faith come from the most unexpected sources - thank you for being mine today.

[Doonst]

Wacky impressive accomplishment!

[Spirit Unleashed]

Best race report I've read in a while! Congrats on meeting your goals, Laura!

And 80 miles... 20 hours... I can't even fathom!

Says miss ironman...

[Ironboy]

Very cool. Very cool indeed.

You've even got me contemplating.....

[a-slow-5]

Good job Laura! ( )
Impressive is right. Wacky is really right!

I loved your report. It's so real. Thank you.

[दिवंगत]

Great report. Great race. Great accomplishment; even more so because you achieved your real goal. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

[Jwolf]

Laura-
I was looking forward to this report and you didn't disappoint.

What a fantastic experience. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[La]

Best race report I've read in a while! Congrats on meeting your goals, Laura!

And 80 miles... 20 hours... I can't even fathom!

Says miss ironman...

That was only 16.5 hours!

[CinC]

wow. 128.8km.

amazing Laura! and very inspiring to read your race report and finding the meaning that is beyond a number or a time.

[kpoire]

Loved the report. Amazing accomplishment ultra-SF. Congrats!

[IronColl]

Wow! Thanks for the great report. I am amazed.

[Mouse]

Laura
Great report. Loved it. Thanks for sharing your dream with us. I like your attitude about the way you handle life, thanks for sharing this too. You are truly an inspiration to many. Looking forward to many more insightful race/run reports from you. A very enjoyable story indeed!!!!!!
Mouse

[scottp]

Congrats on a great achievement!

I think the term Ultra describes the runner more than the race...


Cheers,

Scott

[UltraQueenga]

Very cool. Very cool indeed.

You've even got me contemplating.....

There's a 24hr in Ottawa in September right in your back yard. Run around a 400 metre track. Hey, that's even crazier than ultraspirit's 1 mile track.

[ultraslacker]

Very cool. Very cool indeed.

You've even got me contemplating..... :think:

There's a 24hr in Ottawa in September right in your back yard. Run around a 400 metre track. Hey, that's even crazier than ultraspirit's 1 mile track. :D :lol:

lol

It seems that Kinga has overtaken the role of "Gardener" on RM. It used to be Dwayne and Krista...

[UltraQueenga]

Very cool. Very cool indeed.

You've even got me contemplating.....

There's a 24hr in Ottawa in September right in your back yard. Run around a 400 metre track. Hey, that's even crazier than ultraspirit's 1 mile track.

lol

It seems that Kinga has overtaken the role of "Gardener" on RM. It used to be Dwayne and Krista...

C'mon, the man was contemplating.

[ultraslacker]

hey, being a gardener is a good thing! take that little seed and nourish and protect it, make it grow. ;)

[Spirit Unleashed]

A quarter mile track seems unappealing even to me!

[UltraQueenga]

A quarter mile track seems unappealing even to me!

I like to think of it as the Hip-dislocator 24hr Ultra. Come for the ultra, stay for the chiro adjustment!
I have never run on a track in my life, but for a brief 10 minute conversation last summer I was considering running this thing. I'd rather run two back-to-back 100 milers on trail than 24hrs on that track.

[spaff]

Great report. Didn't have a chance to read it until now. Thoroughly enjoyed it and very impressed with what you accomplished.

Just a quick point......but one that needs to be stressed further is that you DID NOT quit. It's a 24hr race. You run however far you can in 24hrs. You completed 80miles within that time, which is awesome and you should be very proud. There are so many people who have run for far longer (timewise) and completed far less distance. You succeeded in having a great race, experience and willed your body over a very long distance. Huge congratulations!

Hope your recovery is going well!

[mcshame]

Fantastic report, thanks for sharing.

[DougG]

What an amazing accomplishment.

[Spirit Unleashed]

I have been running really well since Tuesday. My only sore point is on top of the right foot where the shoe did a number on the bone. I am so incredibly grateful that I stopped before serious injury. The right foot was really swollen and angry when I "stopped." I'm just happy I had the humility to know that walking for another 4 hours would destroy the foot and not prove anything (except I was stupid!).

Instead, I'm thinking about what race I want to do 4/18. I'm leaning toward the Kansas Marathon.