It took some 100,000 steps to complete the 50 miles at Run Rabbit Run–some of them walking.

Before the 50 miles:

I am learning to walk.

At various times I have walked long distances. Yosemite, Colorado, putting up hay, Upper Peninsula.

To finish this 50 mile run I will have to walk–it is rugged in high elevation. And it is long.

So I am running a lot to get ready…but I need to learn to walk.

After the 50 miles:

Walking was a key part of it. When I felt I could not go on I slowed a bit to a fast walk and kept moving. What Bryon Powell calls “Relentless Forward Progress“.