Smiling at the red cardinal
I recently helped a friend run 100 miles in 18 hours and 29 minutes. I was a pacer and a crew member. Our job was to keep him moving and we did. He only stopped for about 1 minute each hour and that includes bathroom breaks. As a pacer, I ran with him for miles 60-80. As a crew member, I made sure he had the calories, hydration, and anything else he needed like batteries for his flashlight. Going into the event I had a hunch that it would be a running party, a party with all the excess that goes with the word party. We ate and drank running for the entire weekend. Turns out the book, The Happy Runner , is the perfect muse for a 100-mile running party. We read it aloud. It delves into your "why" of running as well as offers advice on how to keep going when it's hard. The authors suggest that you power yourself with kindness and rather than seeing competitors see community. When my friend was struggling during mile 75 he asked himself a rhetorical question that sou