QUAD ROCK 50: RECAP 2021 I have not written a race recap since my PR road marathon way back in 2009, but I feel compelled to get something out about this one, so I will remember it and remind myself that when times are tough, I can make it through. The more hard-fought ones are the ones to remember. This is the 3 rd time I have run Quad Rock 50 (50 miles, over 10,000 ft of gain, 85% single track), my fastest time on the course, yet I struggled the most, physically, and more so, mentally. Sometime, life is busy and stressful, and we must figure out how to balance it all. A year dealing with the stress of a pandemic, 3 recently adopted children, work as an RN, FNP graduate school, a chronic hip injury that has been plaguing me since August 2019, and persistent sleep deprivation, I went into this one physically and mentally drained. I have cried more in the past 12 months, than I have in my entire life. Considering what we all have endured this past year, I suspect I am not a