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<h2>I talk a big game sometimes</h2>
Going into Anchor Down 24 Hour Ultramarathon... I made a bold statement. I said, just like I did before Ghost Train Rail Trail Race last year, that I was coming for a belt buckle. The only acceptable outcome of the race was a 100 mile finish. I did not finish 100 miles at Anchor Down... and I had to figure something out - how to define success and failure. In recapping the event... I'm pretty sure, at least in this instance, I've managed to map out the gray area and do just that.

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<h2><strong>Success and failure dance together in the gray area a lot.</strong></h2>
It always seems so black and white, right? You either did or you didn't. You made it or not. You finished or you didn't. Sure, that's easy enough to delineate in, say, a marathon - you either crossed the finish and ran 26.2 miles... or you didn't. In a 100 mile ultramarathon... you either crossed the finish line having finished 100 miles or not. Sometimes, though... it's not that easy.
<h3><strong>The "</strong>24 hour<strong> ultramarathon" is a perfect example.</strong></h3>
In a 24 hour ultramarathon... there is no set distance you must hit in order to "finish". There is not typically a pre-determined, hard-and-fast threshold you must pass in order to achieve success in such an event. So, in a race where you "finish" when you simply do not continue running, whether by choice or by time limit... how do you define success? How, in that situation, do you determine if you have failed or not?
<h2><strong>It's all about the objective... and whether you "did it" or not.</strong></h2>
In a 24 hour ultramarathon, the goal is to "go" for as long as you can... get <em>as far as you can</em>... inside the given time allotment. So... ultimately... success depends on whether or not you did that. <em>Did you</em> go as far as you could? Or did you stop when you still had something left to give.

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<h3><strong>What's in this episode:</strong></h3>
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 	<li>A recap of my race at Anchor Down 24 Hour Ultra</li>
 	<li>How to define success and failure</li>
 	<li>A roundtable discussion on the overall experience at Anchor Down Ultra, and big Ultra in general, with my crew - FitWife Megan, Mom and Dad</li>
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<h3><strong>Episode Resources</strong></h3>
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 	<li><a href="http://www.AnchorDownUltra.com">www.AnchorDownUltra.com</a></li>
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