"Take Me Deeper than My Feet Could Ever Wander"
With each ultramarathon I race, I always ask, "Lord, what do you want out of this race?" I have always kind of asked this, but it has become more and more prevalent this season as I have tackled harder courses with stiffer competition. I want for God to be glorified and known throughout it all. Smith Rock Classic 50M with Alpine Running was no different, but this one had a significant personal goal: breaking my own course record. I currently hold it at 8:20:and something seconds (who cares about seconds). I was going to try to break 8 hours. My training was looking great. I was regularly heat-training, prepping for the elevation and heat of Bend, Oregon. I was doing lots of hill workouts, knowing the hilliness of the course would need it. Then a week before the race my ITB started acting up again. No! I prayed for healing and again asked God, "What do you want from this race?" I knew full well what I wanted--a miraculously healed ITB and a course record--and, trut...