Badger 100
100 miles is never easy. And I’ve never gone into it feeling ready and well trained, until now. Last January, Kelly Lyons and I DNF’d Long Haul 100. I thought I was at peace with the decision to drop (I was post-COVID and not well), but when Kelly told me that she had signed up for the Badger 100 in Belleville, WI, it only took a small amount of peer pressure to convince me to sign up with her. This race is a special place for me. It’s a big family reunion of friends from around the country that I got to know during the pandemic. We were all scared and lonely and formed an online community that became real life friendships. I volunteered and co-captained at the Hollywood Aid Station (Monticello) every year and told myself that I would get that buckle, but not until the tunnel was finished. Kelly’s need for redemption got me to jump the gun on that. I signed up in February and made it a point to focus on getting stronger and having the best training by race day. I took up li...
