Michelle Runs With It

Welcome to the mythical land of the Dam Yeti! Trolls, unicorns, a Yeti with a beard of glitter, and a Pepsi machine dispensing Fireball 🔥 Some call it a community, some call it a cult, I can now call it a bunch of smiling zombies ! I've heard of the Yetis for years and when registration was announced, I set alarms.  Fast forward to race morning ... It was a beautiful morning in Abingdon, Virginia. Alarm went off at 4:15am and while I didn't sleep well, as usual the night before a race, I'm grateful for motivation of other runners in the house who were also waking up. Tom and Dennis were already dressed upstairs. Kaye was helping Tom pack up and she offered to take my drop bag with extra shoes, fuel, socks, and hat. We talked about our time goals for the day. I was hoping to beat my last 50-mile time at Bull Run-Run of 12:31 by 31 minutes and finish under 12 hours. Dennis wanted to finish. Tom wanted to make it in before the cutoff of 13:59. Before we headed out, Tom looked...