Evan's Ultra Adventures

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." ~Khalil Gibran Spoiler Opening Paragraph: I am proud to report that I finished the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run in a grueling 40 hours and 25 minutes. This course tested ever fiber of my being (physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually). It is the toughest and most grueling endeavor I've ever done in my life by a landslide. I dealt with extreme personal highs and lows throughout the entire 40 hour journey. It is a race I worried about all year and it actually exceeded my fears. I can't fully explain this experience but I'll try to indulge a bit by sharing my journey. As if Hardrock isn't already "hard" enough, this year was known as a "fire and ice" year, with record breaking heat juxtaposed with near record snowfall on the course (thanks to a brutally long winter in the San Juan mountains). We had to manage 13 passes/peaks all nearly 13,000 feet a