Feather-in-my-pubes

Dude, I'm a high school runner, and this is flat out amazing. Seven miles on a track make me wish for the sweet embrace of death. Maybe an hours run. You ran an entire day. I can only imagine how much you wanted to quit. What was your pace like? Given the data, I can calculate average, but did you ever speed up to amuse the kids? Or slow down to recuperate? Did you ever just close your eyes as you ran? I can't even imagine.

How do you plan on dealing with the boredom? Running for me at least is great because stuff, new, shiny, often flying things are constantly moving around me and my mind is occupied so I can relax. I get bored running on a track, and even doing like 6 miles on a track is horrible. Do you share that problem? I'm impressed by your story. It shows that late-joining runners can still prosper.