True...True... Happened to me in 1992.... and on 19 Aug 2012... Yep, twenty years of coming back (except for war tours and overseas deployments), I have been back to the America's Ultimate Challenge, will come back, and continue to be inspired by folks like Matt Carpenter, Les and Melody at the Pike's Peak Marathon gear tent....and the people of Manitou who always are providing the hospitality....HOOAH!!! In response to: It's funny how... one can be so humbled by a race, so physically drained and emotionally unstable right after, so willing to swear off endurance events for ever... and then, just 4 days later, suddenly feel filled with a burning desire to head straight back to the big hill and do it all over again! It's so wonderfully funny!!!