The Leadville Trail 100 boasts a 43% finishing rate.
Mike Whitemiller was in the majority.
Still, 60 miles in a day is not too shabby. In his post-race daze,
Mike was able to string together the following words:
I bashed my toe nails
I lost ten pounds
It was 43 degrees and raining at the 4 AM
start and I froze
My ribs and lungs ached
My knees and quads were in
serious pain
I went-out too fast
I went-out too slow
Hope Pass clobbered me (three thousand up and down twice at mile forty
and fifty)
I couldn't eat at mile 50
I got stuck in a rain and sleet
storm and wound-up taking refuge in the medical tent
at the top of the pass on my way back
My flashlight died coming out of the mountains and
I had to wait in the dark for help
I missed the mile 60 cut-off time by nearly two hours
