Did you ever do a race report on your 100 miler? Did I just miss it?
No I didn't. I DNFed that race at mile 34. There were a multitude of factors, first and foremost was getting a kidney stone 2 weeks(literally the morning of my last long run) prior to the race that had me in bed/barely functional for 3 days straight. As a nurse I know how fast illness can knock out your fitness and that was the first part of it. Then come race day I was just about feeling 100% but essentially hadn't run more than a couple easy runs after the kidney stones. And it was and I kid you not 94 degrees with a heat index over 100 at the start of the race. Despite that, the race DID NOT have ice or really any cold liquids at any of the aid stations so after the first 17 mile loop I was a sweaty mess.
I was feeling kinda icky/loss of fitness was noticeable, then it started thunderstorming/wind/tornado warning/tornado sirens going off, trees and branches fall all around us on the trail. After the rain the temp dropped to the upper 70s but the humidity was now essentially 100% after the rain. And after loop 2 I was cramping and vomiting all over the place, couldn't even hold water down so I erred on the side of caution and dropped after 34 miles.
Then in late March I pulled my quad muscle which screwed me up until mid-may. June was my first injury/pain free month of running since February.
I'm signed up for another shot at 100 miles in November so fingers crossed that the injury bug is done with me. I have a half in Mid August, pacing for a friend's 50 miler the week after that then a 50K in Mid september so it's basically full speed ahead at this point.