Although I had completed the Canadian Death Race twice before, both times had seen me lose a considerable amount of time on leg 4 of the race, affectionately known as the "Hamell Assault". It was also on this leg that I DNF'd one year - for some reason, Mount Hamell is always a struggle for me, and I end up spending most of my time throwing up shortly after the climbing starts, and then being unable to eat or drink anything for hours afterwards, which results in me not having the race that I was hoping for. When originally registering for CDR this year, my goal was to get under 20 hours. I'd been doing far more hill work in my training, albeit on the treadmill, and I was feeling much stronger than in previous years, so much so that I truly believed I could go sub 20. However, my race plan changed following the announcement that I had been selected to represent Canada at the World 24-hour Championships in October - not surprisingly, the 24-hour became a greater priorit...