On Saturday, October 11 at 7:05 AM, I began my supported FKT attempt on the Mickelson Trail at the Deadwood Trailhead. My husband John was there the entire time to crew. He met me at several access points, including the official ones and some others that I found on the Lean Horse 100 website. I ran solo for the first ~100K. Saturday, I had great running weather, for the most part. It was warm (not hot) and cloudy, and I had some rain for a few hours in the afternoon. I saw some people biking, and others walking their dogs, but generally the trail wasn't super crowded. At one point (this was in the afternoon), there were two rogue cows on a narrow strip of grass between the trail and the road. As I got close, they ran onto the road. A car was coming, which spooked them onto the trail, at which point I freaked out (those things terrify me!). Fortunately, I got ahead of them and they left me alone. My friend Gina drove up on Saturday. She parked in Custer and ran out to meet me from there. We ran together for the rest of the time. Within about 5-10 miles of when she joined me, I got horribly nauseous and my feet were throbbing. As the night wore on, I was SO tired. I hoped the sunrise would at least make the nausea subside, but no such luck. The last 35-40 miles were a sufferfest, and I am relieved I finished. I probably took in about 50 calories total (a Jolly Rancher, a cracker, and about 4 sips of Skratch) during those miles. Access points at the end (the last 2) were 16 miles apart, which was good (no opportunity to rest in a warm vehicle :)). The night got much colder than I'd expected, and Sunday was very windy! I thought that section of the trail was really pretty (while we were up on this mesa-kind-of-thing). I finished just after 11:30 AM on Sunday. (FYI - the trail comes to an abrupt end a mile from the trailhead - you have to know to follow the road/sidewalk to the official trailhead.) Because of the trail markers (which are every mile), I knew I still had a mile to go, but I also hoped that I was wrong about that. I was not wrong and that last mile felt really hard. I enjoyed the trail and while it seemed easy on paper, 100+ miles is never easy - I couldn't have done it without the amazing support I had!