Leading up to IMC, I was feeling very fit and ready to give this race everything I had. I’ll admit that my goal was to finish under 12 hours. With my IM Switzerland finish at 12:25 two years ago, and three 100-mile runs under my belt in the last year, I thought this was a reasonable goal. But with a last-minute trip to South Bend the week before the race, my focus was distracted until we got to Penticton.