WAM 100k 2022: "Snack Time Was Great Until it Wasn't"
In 2018, I attempted the inaugural WAM 100k, but a calf muscle strain forced me to drop out at the 60k mark. I have been signed up for the race ever since, but still hadn't completed it: in 2019, I dropped down to the 50k distance and then still dropped out of that race because my heart just wasn't in it; and then in both 2020 and 2021 the race was cancelled. With experience, I realized that part of my problem in both 2018 and 2019 was that I ran the Squamish 50k in August. I know a lot of people can do those back-to-back (they're about 3 weeks apart) , but for me they are much too close together to be fully physically and mentally ready for WAM. This year, I made WAM my only goal trail race and was determined to get to that finish line - but then in April, I ended up injured again, with my old nemesis hamstring issue that flares up every now and then. As I worked through that injury with strength building and physio, I found that although I couldn't run at all, I could
