photo affichée sur facebook par Jack Cheng

The Angele Crest 100 mile endurance run didn't go well for me.

The smog and pollution are pretty bad in the Los Angeles area, we can´t even see the mountains. After 1 mile in the race (yes, only 1 mile), I was just dying for oxygen, I was suffocating. I couldn´t control my heart rate and really burned all my energy into breathing. I fought hard, but at mile 40, my lungs were on fire, my nose was bleeding, I was coughing… I was pretty weak. It happened way too early in the race and felt totally discouraged.

Even though I was still making the cutoffs, the breathing was getting worse and worse as I was going closer and closer to LA. I called it quit at Mile 52.

I then decided I was done with running, no more ultras for me.

Let´s see how long my retirement will last !

Even though I didn't finish my race, I still enjoyed my trip to LA! I met tons of new ultra running friends (you know who you are) and Christian Lemay was an awesome host: he kept me entertained and fed me well for 3 full days. Plus I can now say I slept 3 nights right next to David Lee Roth´s residence !