Taking a corny moment here...

Finished the race in 2009 and I remember the 3rd night was soul breaking.... was SUPER weak, coming down with a cold, and throat/nose/ears were screaming.  I was crawling and barely moving my pedals.  Fortunately, I was in the middle of no where on Marshal Mesa somewhere and had little choice but to move forward.  If I could have quit, I don't know, I may have talked myself into bailing.  Instead, I had no choice but to bunk down early in the drizzle, say 7pm (now-ish).  Was DEAD to the world for probably 12-14 hours. Woke up and it was like it never happned.  Felt "strong" and revitalized, marched on and felt "fine" the rest of the way.  

My point is, if any rookies on the trail can read this, my experience is keep moving forward, listen to your body, don't give up yet! It will get better...... some of the best memories of my life happened just down trail ....

a corny quote from a corny movie, but suits these coming days for you..... "you find out this life is a game of inches".... "the inches we need are everywhere around us"....."every minute, every second"...."we claw with our fingernails for that inch... and if we add up all those inches, it's the difference between winning and losing, between livin and dyin"..... "and I know if I'm gonna have any life in me, it because I'm willing to fight and die for that inch, because that is what livin is... its the six inches in front of your face!"

Ladies and Gentleman, I hope you all find the strength to keep clawin for another inch tonight.

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Yup, it's for real, but I did not see him at the start this morning, and his Spot does not indicate that he's on the trail yet.  There's a link to his SPOT share page here:  http://teamcrestedbutte.blogspot.com/2012/07/sully-goes-for-colorado-trail-race.html

I've tried to clear up the confusion with a couple posts to his blog (above) that he's actually not running the CTR, he's running the *entire* CT - no detours.  Since he is on foot, he will go through all the wildernesses.  He is also fully supported with a crew.  So, completely unrelated to the CTR, really.  And a little frustrating that he keeps referencing the CTR and breaking the foot-travel record since there isn't one.  Yet...

Regardless, I hope he gets going soon and has an awesome time on the trail!  The CT-by-foot record of 8d12h is, perhaps, more solid than Owen's 4d3h CTR record.  But, as they say, "Records are made to be broken."  Look forward to seeing how things transpire on the Colorado Trail this year.   

Thanks man, I was just researching this....I'm not going to get any work done this week, I can see that already.

FYI,
Is this for real? Was he at the start this AM?

Eric Sullivan to run Colorado Trail Race for charity
http://www.crestedbuttenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4314&Itemid=44

If you haven't looked at the mobile app yet, it's 
Good luck ladies and gents! Enjoy the ride.