From 0 to 100k - Part 4: Virtual Racing, Exploring the ECT, and a Change in Circumstance
As April rolled into May, the day-to-day routine of living through a pandemic had become somewhat normalized. I was working from home during the week, which allowed a little more flexibility as to when I was able to run from Monday to Friday. And while all of the typical road races that I would run in the spring had been cancelled, I was signed up for three virtual races, which helped give me a little extra motivation in my training. The Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee (GVRAT) was created by Lazurus Lake, the organizer of the Barkley Marathons. I've mentioned before that Barkley was my first introduction to the sport of trail running, and so the idea of running an event being put off by Laz was immediately appealing to me. This event required participants to cover 1,022 km between May 1 and August 31, and we were required to enter our distances daily to the website, where we could track our progress across the state of Tennessee. Concurrent to this event, the Paradise Running ...