Warped Thoughts From a Marathon Brain

The brain goes amazing places when you’re running over 26.2 miles above 8,000’ on mountain trails.

As I was punching out miles on a recent marathon plus run in the Bighorn Mountains, I suddenly decided to record my thoughts along the way.

The route I chose for this particular run started at 8500’ in elevation and climbed up over three peaks all above 10,500’ in elevation.

Someone asked me why I did runs like this the other day at work. All I could think to say was, “should be fun or at the very least, not boring.”

So here go the thoughts as recorded and unedited.

A creek crossing? In the first mile? Maybe I can find a way around it.

Ah, screw it! Gonna get wet anyway. May as well start now.

Did a fish just swim by my leg? That felt like a fish.

Streams were made by God. So were all these uphill sections…through streams.

Is this really the trail? Am I already lost not even an hour into this adventure?

Maybe I don’t even like God right now. Uphill in flowing water.

No, really God, I like you. I even like uphill trails in flowing streams. Just don’t let a mountain lion eat me.

Who the hell named a 10,860’ peak Ant Hill?

Maybe the dude who died cutting in the switchbacks was named Ant and they named this hill after him.

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