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Alice Cormac's avatar

Good post. :) Bell lap is one of the things you can hear in your head, right?. And it is one of those things that even if your not paying attention you can still hear. Good post. :)

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Dr. Mark Robinson's avatar

You transported me into the bell lap I never ran…. Strong work!

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Sarah Lavender Smith's avatar

I loved this ode. Every road marathon I've run, I get to the 26-mile marker and flat-out sprint, telling myself, "you ran 26 miles for this point-2"—meaning, for this feeling of 110 percent commitment, depletion, elation. The best is catching and passing someone approaching the chute. Oddly, while this happens for me in every 5K to marathon (the "bell lap" being the final quarter-ish mile), I don't experience this nearly as profoundly or often in trail ultras.

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Sam Robinson's avatar

Love it. That's spot on!

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