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2019 Superior 100 miler - Rugged, Relentless, Remote

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  The Journey Begins If you take a rubber band and pull it apart quickly, it will probably break.  Yet if you take that rubber band and slowly pull it, you just might be surprised what you can do with it.  Just like the rubber band, the human body if stretched too quickly can break, but if you slowly push your boundaries, it will surprise you.  Superior 100 certainly pushed my boundaries in training and during the race with great suprises. The sun sets on day 1 at Superior as Manoj paces & helps me settle in for a long night. (Photo courtesy of Tone Coughlin Photography , Duluth, MN) Disclaimer: This is a fairly in-depth race report for me to reflect on the race and to help runners looking to one day run Superior.  I am grateful for those who wrote race reports before me which helped my preparation mentally and physically.  Now sit back and enjoy a tale from the Northwoods of Minnesota. Superior 100 is one 10 original 100 mile races in the United States; numbers h