Not sure if I won but I'm the local legend for now? Crazy week. Went for an easy 8 miler earlier and called it a day. I was chilling since the challenge runs until 1/31, or so I thought. When I got home, Kylie Barba told me the challenge for LA ends tonight at 11:59 💀 I freaked out, canceled dinner, shoved some gels in my pocket, and ran out. Charged my watch on the drive. AQI in Marina Del Rey was around 70 - good enough. I needed 25 miles to catch up but had no clue if any other contenders ran today so I decided to run as much as possible. First 15 were okay then the pace dropped wildly. Geoff Mitchell showed up for support and ran as well. I took a few walking breaks and a shoe change break at mile 18. Hit my first goal, sub 4 marathon, pretty easily but barely finished my second goal, 50K before midnight, with minutes left. Massive thanks to Geoff for the help, couldn't have done it without him. Thanks to everyone else who came to hang out, I have the nicest friends 😭 Shoutout to Adam Neulander for pushing me, bummer the challenge didn't last longer. The privilege to do a silly running challenge while others are evacuating and losing their homes is not lost upon me. Sending love to everyone throughout LA and Pasadena.
