When I ran Ghost Train a few years ago, I knew that I
would depend heavily on my crew to help get me through the distance. Scott held down our home base, cooked for
everyone, tracked me, massaged my feet, and encouraged me throughout my
journey. The rest of my tribe ran with
me, massaged my Achilles in the middle of the night, sang with me, and dressed
in Christmas lights. Whatever it
took! In July, I will take on this important
role of crewing for Scott, as he heads into his own 100 mile journey at Vermont 100!
Today, we took a drive to VT to scope out the
area. This scoping expedition wasn’t for
Scott, Nope, it was for me. If any of you know me at all, you know by now
that I have no sense of direction. And since
VT 100 is not like my Ghost Train 7.5 mile route that runners repeat until
complete, I will need to navigate through the back roads of VT. At night.
For up to 30 hours (race cutoff).
The farm areas we saw during our drive were gorgeous and hilly. As in, ears-popping hilly. Also, every street sign seemed to signify
more hills (i.e. Silver Hill Road, etc).
Hopefully this road sign doesn’t represent too much of Scott’s
experience:
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| Yes, this is a real sign in the area! |
I’m super excited for Scott! His training has gone really well so far and
I’m looking forward to helping him get to the finish. It’s starting to get real, as we turn the
calendar to June. A few more lonnnggg
runs for Scott and he’ll be off and running for 100 miles!!
Is it too early to start weather stalking???
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