Your Name (optional)
Race Name *
Miles Completed *
Total Race Distance
Race Altitude *
— How high up was this thing? —
Sea level — I was lied to about the vert
2,000–5,000 ft — rolling hills, allegedly
5,000–8,000 ft — where legs start filing complaints
8,000–11,000 ft — "very runnable," said the RD
11,000–13,000 ft — basically mountaineering
13,000 ft+ — this is a running race?
Your Home Altitude *
— Where do you normally breathe? —
Sea level — I breathe normally, like a person
Under 2,000 ft — proud flatlander
2,000–5,000 ft — some hills, maximum overconfidence
5,000–8,000 ft — somewhat adapted, fully deluded
8,000 ft+ — I live at altitude and it still wasn't enough
Race Conditions *
— What were you up against? —
Scorching heat (90°F+)
Torrential rain
Snow and ice
Perfect weather (suspiciously so)
Wildfire smoke
The eternal night section
Wind that had personal opinions
All of the above (naturally)
Primary Excuse Category *
— What really happened —
⛏️ Gear catastrophe
🦵 Body betrayal
🤢 GI apocalypse
👥 Crew & pacer disaster
🥤 Aid station catastrophe
🧠 Existential crisis at mile 30
🗺️ The course was wrong
⛈️ Act of God / Nature
😇 I was basically fine (wink)
Training Status Going In *
— Be honest. We won't judge. —
🔥 Peak fitness — 80+ mpw
📈 Solid training, maybe overtapered
🤕 Coming back from injury
📅 Life got in the way
🤷 What is training?
🛋️ The couch was very supportive
Race Day HRV (optional)
— Did you check? —
Didn't check (blissful ignorance)
Green / High — my body lied to me
Yellow / Average — yellow means go faster, right?
Red / Low — my Garmin said don't race
My watch was charging
Race Day AQI (optional)
— Air quality? —
Good (0–50)
Moderate (51–100) — fine, technically
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Unhealthy (151–200) — the real story begins here
Very Unhealthy (201–300) — why was this race held
Hazardous (301+) — the RD has questions to answer