Did the one day hike from Georgtown, Washington DC to Bolivar Community center, Harpers Ferry, WV. Walked most of the way through Maryland.
I was wearing open toed sandals. Bad idea. By the first few miles I was bleeding.
I ignored it and continued till mile 12 where I got a tape from the volunteers. It helped stop the bleeding and I got to mile 23 where the medics put on second skin and tape which came off within a mile or two. I limped along till mile 55 and didn't make the cutoff by 30 minutes.
I was supposed to leave mile 55 by 9:34 pm but got there at 9:58 pm so I was pulled off course. A good thing too because I wouldn't have been able to do the last 7.2 miles anyway.
19 hrs on the trail. Started at 3 am saturday. finished at 10 pm. Didn't get any sleep friday night :(
Heat was upto 90 degrees. Lots of mosquito bites. Needed headlamp the last 2 hrs. Almost stepped on a snake. No one in front of me or behind me for hours at a time. It didn't feel like a race, just a long lonely nature walk.
Well, next year I am finishing this puppy. |