Cardiac King of the Mountain Attempt

Many parts of life are uncomfortable. 

The better you can deal with pain and suffering, the better you can do in life's uncomfortable moments. Running teaches how to suffer, so I decided to go for the King of the Mountain on Cardiac hill by our house. 

The current record is held by Travis, who I claim is 70% calves by body weight. He just floats up hills and set the record in 2013 and no one has been able to beat his time. You only have to run 7 Minute pace up a mountain with some steep steps and big turns. 

So, I trained for 6 weeks to beat him. I lost 14 pounds. I did hill repeats, and ran cardiac so many times I became the local legend. 

When race day came, Bridget had invited some friends to line the trail and cheer me on. I took off running as fast as I could on the lead up, hit the bottom of the trail and sent it. 

I honestly don't remember much from those 2 minutes. I kinda blacked out during it. I remember hurting. I remember hands shaking. I remember hitting the flatter section and having to kick up the pace and feeling like I was running through cement. I remember going so hard I spend the next 10 minutes coughing up stuff. 

After 6 weeks of training, 14 pounds lost, and the worst 2 minutes of my life, I missed the King of the Mountain by 1 second. I'm now officially the second fastest ever. I can live with that until this fall when I give it another try...