Angeles Crest 100–From Good, to Bad, to Great
In 2018, following my finish of the Western States 100, my first 100 mile race, I decided I’d like to do one 100 mile race per year if possible. Then, in 2019 I went to New Zealand for the year and never had an opportunity to run a 100 mile race. When I returned, I threw my name into the AC100 lottery. I was living in Santa Barbara at the time so the AC100 would require limited travel. Additionally, my buddy Austin, who got on the waitlist for the race himself, lived just 5 minutes from the finish line. Then, Covid came along, and the race was canceled in 2020. The next year, I was in New Mexico for grad school and was planning to train for AC100 in 2021, but sometime in April I got an email that due to fire damage, the race would have to be canceled yet again. In 2022, we got another email saying that the course would be dramatically changed, but it was to go ahead. I wasn’t sure about the course changes, but eventually made the decision to participate. Training in t...