So everyone always asks me “What do you think about when you run 100 miles?”

I have listed below all the things I think about that I can remember.

1. Did I close the garage door when I left the house?
2. Did I train enough to do something like this?
3. Do I have enough stamina to do this?
4. Whose idea was this?
5. What a beautiful morning!
6. I am so lucky that there are so many porta-potties on this road.
7. Why do so many people text and drive?
8. Why can’t people just be nice?
9. Why am I doing this?
10. If I can’t do this will I try it again?
11. Where was I a year ago?
12. If I can do this will I try it again?
13. I wonder what the runner in front of me is thinking…
14. How come the runner in front of me doesn’t sweat as much as me?
15. How far are the people that just went by on the bike going?
16. I bet the people on the bikes aren’t going 100 miles…
17. I wonder what I would do with all my spare time if I didn’t run?
18. Did I turn off my computer before I left the house?
19. Does peanut butter give you gas?
20. I wonder what happened to that little red-haired girl in high school.
21. I wonder if the people on the bikes have ever rode 100 miles…
22. I remember when riding a bike 100 miles was a big deal!
23. Why can’t there be world peace?
24. If they can cure cancer, why can’t we eliminate blisters?
25. Where is the next porta-potty?
26. How much further to the next water stop?
27. There is my first marathon today!
28. Only two (plus) more marathons to do in the next 24 hours
29. Really!!!!!!!!! 73 miles left to go. I gotta be nuts!
30. I wonder if I will run out of water.
31. Was that a start of a cramp?
32. Does Maria really think this is my last ultra?
33. Why can’t the politicians do something good?
34. How lucky am I to have a wife who lets me do this stuff…
35. How lucky is my wife to have me disappear for hours at a time to go for runs!
36. Did I really think I could do this?
37. How much further?
38. I think if I call them something other than a “ultramarathon” Maria won’t notice…
39. Did I put on enough Glide this morning?
40. Glad that I have my “crew” meeting me within the next mile.
41. Why is the water so blue here?
42. Why didn’t the turkey vultures finish that racoon?
43. Only 65 miles to go.
44. I think my shoes are too tight.
45. Should I stop and fix my shoes?
46. NO………………………no stopping.
47. Why are the turkey vultures following me?
48. I wonder what normal people are doing right now.
49. Does Maria really think I am going to start playing croquet?
50. Why do people think cigarette butts are not littering?
51. Would my mother approve of this?
52. Is that house abandoned or is the owner kind of lazy??
53. Why are all those cars parked there?
54. Alright there is marathon number two today………………more than half way there!
55. What is harder……………pavement or concrete?
56. I wonder if I will want to golf tomorrow…
57. Is that grass fake?
58. That driveway is so steep there is no way it would work in New Hampshire with the ice and snow.
59. Why don’t adults act more like children? Life would be a lot more fun if they did.
60. Does this porta-potty need to be cleaned?
61. Maybe I should try doing Triathlons again.
62. No, I can’t swim well.
63. Did my mother like me best?
64. Do I really smell this bad?
65. I wonder how many steps there are in a mile?
66. Where was I a year ago?
67. I wish it would rain.
68. I feel sorry for people who smoke.
69. Is this song a re-mix or the original?
70. I must be nuts.
71. Why did I get in so much trouble in school? I wasn’t that bad.
72. If I was dying of starvation would I eat sweet potatoes?
73. When was the last time I had a Big Mac and super-sized fries?
74. Do I have a flat in my Nike Air Max?
75. If I ever try doing this again, I will go for therapy and not physical therapy.
76. Was that house damaged in the hurricane?   Which one?
77. I am at mile 72………………I think I may be able to do this!!!!!!!!
    

    This was actually around mile 80…but you get the point!

78. That was my third marathon today……………….no more to go!
79. I think I should have changed my shoes at the last stop.
80. If I can just get to the Light House, I got it made.
81. How much further is the lighthouse?
82. I think I am going to buy a stand-up paddle board.
83. I need to replace the spokes on my bike in Florida, they are rusted out.
84. Only 16 miles to go………I think I may be able to finish…
85. I feel better now than I did at this point for the Ghost Train Ultra at the same mile.
86. I think I better start singing again before I start crying.
87. Why did I want to do this?????????????????????
88. Hopefully no one can hear me singing.
89. It really is okay to stop. You have gone further than most people you know.
90. I am not going to stop! I only have 10 miles to go.
91. My feet are killing me I really should stop…
92. If we made all the politicians work for free, we wouldn’t need term limits.
93. I only have less than a 10k to go………I think I can do this.
94. I can’t wait for a shower and a bag of ice!
95. Only 5 miles to go………I run that all the time……………you can do it?
96. Should I use this porta-potty so I don’t have to go at the finish line?
97. Only three miles to go, less than a 5K. I don’t even bother running 5k’s anymore…
98. I want food!
99. Look how beautiful this beach is!!!!!!! I am really glad I decided to do this 100-mile Ultra…
100. I DID IT! ………..WHATS NEXT?!?!?!?!?