What happens to months of preparation when the race you trained for disappears?

Four months after double hernia surgery, I was in Oregon preparing to run the Oregon Cascades 100 when a wildfire triggered an email that shut down my plans.

Disappointed, I was left with an itch to run. A deep hunger to use my fitness and training.

I wanted adventure. I wanted purpose. So I created my own 100-mile run through the trails around Portland.

No race hub, crowds, race clock, or buckle. Just me, the trails, and a lot of time to question why I still needed to run 100 miles.

Music and sound effects used

Interesting, pensive guitar by AndreyPsyche -- https://freesound.org/s/751605/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Andrey Psyche - F#m with frills by AndreyPsyche -- https://freesound.org/s/866039/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Monday Lookin Back Again by audiomirage -- https://freesound.org/s/577518/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

abstracted 0X50m by Setuniman -- https://freesound.org/s/171717/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Melancholy violin, piano by Ixwolf -- https://freesound.org/s/547076/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Emotional guitar music.mp3 by ZHRØ -- https://freesound.org/s/678388/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Sunny day with anxiety, guitar by AndreyPsyche -- https://freesound.org/s/751615/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

street cars passing by-stereo.wav by tramontostudio -- https://freesound.org/s/266362/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

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