Tampa Bay 100
Tampa Bay 100. Oof. Just over a year ago I DNF'd Mines of Spain 100 and gave myself a firm "Never again!" So of course a few months later when Shae Merritt said, "Who's coming with me?!" and presented a 100 mile run through Tampa Bay I said, "Count me in!" With the help of my coach Brian Frain I trained hard with a single focus of finishing 100 miles. On pavement. In the Florida heat. I hit a bump in the road a couple months ago with a back injury that I thought was going to take me out of the game, but with the guidance of Holly Lindroth and Shauna Carlisle I worked through it and made it to the starting line. On Saturday morning, Shae and I went to a chicken sanctuary in Ybor City Tampa with 71 other people and started on an "Endurance tour" of Tampa Bay. We started out run/walking around historic Ybor City where chickens run free and cigar factories are a tourist attraction. Then we headed through Tampa and along the waterfront, we
