(a little context for my new readers this year: for the last couple of years i've been aggregating unused thoughts that didn't make it into my race reports into a year-end catharsis. most of these are ideas or discussions with myself i had in a potentially-hallucinogenic stupor around hour 26 of staying awake during an event of some sort, but lately some of these are thoughts i had in a sleep-deprived stupor 30h into an aid station shift.
like 2021 and 2023, it was difficult this year with only one race on the docket....but unlike those years, there were way more hours alone with the thoughts in my head since there are fewer folks that run long down here.)
