Impulsive? Possibly. Necessary for me in many ways? Yes. For my own ego, it was something I felt I needed to do. For my mental state and confidence, which both had been shaken, it was a must. This time I was rewarded with a much better conclusion: an overall victory and a course record at the Iron Horse Endurance Run in Florahome, Florida.
Not every story has this wonderful ending but without a doubt the lessons learned from the past two weekends were both invaluable in their own certain way. Although I wouldn’t mind a few more of the “course record” lessons any day of the week.
Dane Rauschenberg is the author of See Dane Run, which recounts his 2006 feat of running an official marathon every weekend of the year in a different North American city. Running Matters is his weekly blog for Blue Ridge Outdoors.
