yeah!!! I remember the run that starts all uphill! It was treacherous and really made me wonder why I was doing it and why so damn early in the morning!!!
Congrats! That is a tough one. You are definitely entitled to eat lots of yummy food and consume multiple beers to take the pain away!
of course you get to bow out! Anyone that runs that much for a good cause and has the good manners to let me know they are not going to make it gets my utmost respect!!!