Day 3,556 —Only a Mile but my eyebrows still Froze! —

I'm still wondering if I made the right decision to stop. I had a lot of people initially encouraging me to keep going and offering amazing aid and resources to help me, but my dad thought I had hypothermia, I don’t know but I know I could not get warm, which was a scary place to be. And, I kept wondering what would happen if I wore more layers, but I was still sweating, and it was snowing, so my clothes still just kept freezing, so what started out as warm layers ended up being frozen, adding weight and making me more cold.

My jacket became unusable because I just kept freezing. I realized today that I did have another change of clothes and another jacket, and I just completely forgot. My brain was foggy, and I wasn’t processing things very well. I just wanted to get warm. I really could have used another pair of shoes too. I am going to write more about the run a little later today, probably after I run for today, but I just wanted to say something because it was disappointing, but another experience like no other I have had before, and honestly, most of the run I was having a good time, and it was fun, so I have a lot to still reflect on. Thank you so much to everyone in the crew, Jeremiah and Karolina, who helped me at the end, as well as “the Friar,” who has both crewed and helped me multiple times now at this race and Shawnee Hill. 

Also, there are a lot of people whose names I don’t know, which was another thing. I totally forgot everyone’s names at different points in the race, but there were a lot of super nice people. Jeremiah actually paced me on my last leg and made it a million times more bearable. He was telling me about the 200+ runs he is doing now! And we talked about how no feeling is final.