Map of the United States showing the reasons for disqualification (DNF) for various states, with most states marked in red indicating 'Lack of grit' as the reason. Specific states such as Texas, Illinois, and California have notes with details on different DNFs including race times and names of individuals.

#12 Dayton, WY 6.17.22

Bighorn 100

While...

#11 Dayton, WY 6.17.22

Bighorn 100

While...

#10 Fifty-Six, AK 6.17.2

Bighorn 100

While...

#9 Dayton, WY 6.17.22

Bighorn 100

While...

#8 Pekin, IL 4.7.22

Potowatomi 200

Coming...

#7 Fifty-Six, AR 3.19.22

Three Days of Syllamo

On the books as two DNFs…

#6 Lawrence, KS 9.7.19

Hawk Hundred

With…

#5 Bandera, TX 1.5.19

Bandera 100k

Nice…

#4 Meridian, KS 8.11.17

Rock Away 50 Miler

Another…

# 3 Meridian, KS 4.15.17

Free State 100k

Small

#2 Meridian, KS 8.27.16

Rock Away 50 Miler

Okay…

#1 Lawrence, KS 6.25.16

Night Hawk 50k

My first DNF! I was ill prepared for the heat and the overnight experience. I had run 13 marathons and 2 50ks by this time. I was feeling overconfident and signed up the day of the race thinking I could easily run it. Wrong. Lots of tripping and tons of bugs. I was out after 10 miles. Surprisingly, I’m not listed as an official DNF for this race. My guess is since I signed up at the race and didn’t finish, they didn’t bother to manually add me to the roster.