As I mentioned in previous posts, the 100 mile race that I had my heart set on was the Yeti 100 Mile Endurance Run in Abingdon, Virginia on September 26^th, 2025. Well, this is how I almost missed the boat.

I bet you might be curious as to what prompted this whole “I want to run 100 miles” shenanigans.

Well. If you ignore the part where I probably have some strange emotional hangup about achieving difficult things, I would say the driving factor was actually because of a hurricane.

When I told a friend of mine that I was planning on running a 100 miles, her response was, with her eyebrows furrowed in confusion, “what, like in a month?”

Turns out, she wasn’t the only one to react with the same question. I know my aspiration is an incredibly lofty one but every time I say it out loud, I’m reminded of how crazy it really does sound. I think my brain has just accepted that this is the thing I’m planning on achieving, therefore it is possible.