Running race (Three Peaks) 2:38:12 [5] 26.07 km (6:04 / km) +1275m 4:53 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Xtalon
Hardest and weirdest race of my life. Have been bordering on sickness for the past 4 days so was a bit worried about that and it had a telling factor at the start. Was overheating and struggling to keep a reasonable pace. Felt like i was going to have to pull out at flagstaff. Hit the juction and hit the ungulating terrain and cooled down a bit and started to feel better. Stopped at the drink station on the way to swampy at about 45mins in and took a minute or so to drink a glass of water and get leppin number 1 down. Felt really good going to swampy, ungulating terrain was nice and none of it was to steep. Caught a few people (mainly team runners) and was going strong. Hit swampy and had some nice down hill tracks down to the bottom. One bit about 10mins long that was to muddy to run properly but still kinda fun. Had leppin number 2 at the bottom of cargil and was feeling good, could see quite a few people 1-2mins infront. Didn't push it hard up the hill but wasn't cruzing and caught them all as they were walking. Slowed a bit when i hit the road up to cargil and started to suffer. About 500m from the top I hit the wall for the time in my life. Cramped, felt sick and had to walk all the way to the top doing a 12min k on the way. Had a couple of glasses of water and leppin number 3 at the top of cargil but was feeling horrible, must have looked horrible as well cause the officails actually asked if I needed to pull out with only the down hill to go! Pushed on jogging down the hill and after a couple of 7min ks down a nice track got a bit of a second wind and was able to run 5min ks down the finish even when cramping effectivly the whole way down. Finished in 2:38 which bet goal time of 2:40 but was on track for a 2:25-2:30 judging on what all the guys who passed me on the down hill did. Was 15th individual athlete.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 2.82 km (5:19 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Xtalon
Run to start and some warm up. Was way to tired to do warm down