Regarding my DNF at North Downs Way 100. First, thanks for all the kind messages 🙏 — I quit after 116 of 167 kilometers; 16:30h of running, just before midnight. It was a ‘Death by a 1,000 paper cuts’ situation. Nothing majorly went wrong, but many small things added up: both big toes destroyed from hitting them on too many rocks, lost my headlamp, backup lamp battery too low, too exhausted to even walk in a straight line anymore. I’m quite sad, because it means no Western States lottery for me this year and I feel the need to figure out how to move on regarding trail ultras. Time will tell! #ultrarunning
