First 18 miler in 12 years!
I had a monumental task ahead of me, drive about 2.5 hours north of home in the early hours of the more, complete a 6 hour endurance run and then drive about 3 hours home (traffic picked up by then). I left home bright and early before the sun was even up and nerves were building up as I hadn't run more than 13.1 miles in the past 12 years! Those little whispers of doubt were setting in but I needed to do this. I needed to prove to myself that I was strong enough to do it. When I arrived, I was thankful to see that the course was around this beautiful lake, Lake Padden in Bellingham, Washington. I had never been there but the views on the entire course were very pretty. I'm not typically a fan of loop courses and this one is a 2.6 mile around the lake for each loop. Doing this for nearly 6 hours sounds boring, but somehow the trail was enough to keep you distracted and taking in the beautiful nature around you that it didn't seem annoying. I tried to find so