50 Miler - sta 6 and 7

I didnt have a gps so i just was estimating my distance traveled by doing the simple math of dividing the distance between the stations by the time it took me to get to the next station. my knee had not been cooperating since mile three and it hurt very badly to walk downhill (let alone run downhill - which is what one is supposed to do) so I was averaging about a 20min mile. about 20min from the midway station - im approximating it was mile 26ish - my stupid grin and all my good feelings that went along with that were gone. i just did not want to be in the woods anymore - i would have rather been at my old job than to be there - and that's saying a lot. 

my knee was killing me - of course its my luck that it would hurt on the downhills and be ok on the uphills - therefore causing me to make up for lost time by running up each and every hill. i get to the rock pile station again and take a little more time eating the chips and getting my camelback filled. its the long 6.1 miles to the next lift station but once i got to it i would be less than 15miles to the finish.

i get to the lift station at 5:20pm - almost 12hrs of running at this point. the person who checks me in says "i have good news and bad news. good news is you look good (and no she wasnt hitting on me). Bad news is you missed the cutoff time by 3minutes"...