Can’t believe it, it’s been 3 days, I finished COcanal 100 miler (160 kilometers). Feels like it has been ages . The race started at 7 am Saturday morning (April 27, 2024) and I finished at 6:24 am Sunday morning. It took me 23 hours and 24 mins (without sleeping) Not sure how I did it, but I was very happy to come home, take warm shower and sleep more than 10 hours. Going into the race, I knew it would be tough tough race for me (goal was to finish in 27 hours) to finish comfortably as I had no training, strength workout. And being sick with respiratory illness is kinda curse for running. I had a plan how to run the race and I executed perfectly, until I didn’t. To my surprise, I was running smoothly, averaging probably 10 mins per mile for 1st 50 miles (about 10 hours). Rayna, Aatish and Anju (Love u all ) came Saturday to cheer me up and power up with best food in the world #daalbhaatpower24hour With the new power and energy, I started dreaming that I could finish under 20 hours. Totally WRONG. I forgot that I had to run another 50 miles . With the pace I was running, I knew I will have to pay the price at some point, but was surprised it took till 70 miles. Mile 70 to 85 was miserable. I could barely lift my leg… basically I was walking. So many times I thought of lying down on ground, but because of the wet trail I had to refrain. Felt like reaching 90 miles aid station took me forever. After 15 mins break… I jogged 10 miles with intermittent walking and climbed the final hill to finish line. That was one of the best relief to cross the finish line.