Stay Strong - Run Long

I'll be very honest when I say this. I had NO idea that lululemon , primarily known for high end yoga and fashion clothing, carried a very specific line of clothing designed for runners...no idea....hadn't even ever considered it. Honestly, it wasn't even 'til about a year ago that I even knew they carried men's clothing...sorry lululemon....I don't get out much. The only way I found out that they even carried men's running clothing was because of a Instagram post by my friend, Mike Wardian. So when I was contacted by the fine folks at Lululemon Des Moines to do a story on me for the upcoming Booneville Backroads 100 mile  I was super excited when they offered me a pair of shorts to try out and review. ***Disclaimer: I was provided these shorts as a gift and brought no promise of a good review. I prefer to be as honest as possible*** I do have to give a shout out to Meghan McCoy at Des Moines, IA location for being incredibly gracious to meet up with

So for a little perspective, in the past 4 days, I've written, deleted, rewritten, deleted and now rewritten this report. I was going to write my typical report leading up to the event and how I didn't really have the training in my legs, but instead am going to focus on the things that I learned during the 2017 Rocky Raccoon 100 mile I've been lucky over the 8 years that I've been running ultras to learn a lot. I consider myself a student of the sport...I won't say that I'm a good student...but I am striving to be a better student. Learning from my peers, feeding off of the energy from those around me and just remembering that this sport is a gift. The 2017 Rocky Raccoon 100 mile proved to be more of a graduate course in perseverance than I ever thought it was going to be. Being the open book that I am, I have a hard time restraining my unbridled enthusiasm for "racing". I put in parenthesis because over my 13 ultras, the one thing that I've