Notes
My 2nd attempt at ultra. though my timewas some 18 minutes slower than my first ultra, I felt that m effort was higher here.I ran a firstloop (2/3of it anyway) with other runners mostly at a 9:20pace (approx), but then after mile 11 we started to spread out. The river crossing at the end of the first loop was knee deep and felt great but meant I had to change shoes....it took about 7 minutes to change shoes, get water, pee and start off again. I had a runner about 200m behindme starting the 2nd loop. Towards the end with about 2.5 to go, I was approached by another runner to within almost 100 yards or less. This got me going andmademe push harder through the last few miles. I finished in 4th overall. Felt drained but not sore, just depleted. Over allthegu and gatorade worked well, but with only 1 aid station at 7.5 + 22miles it was difficult. Must work on eatingwhen running. Gu starts to get disgusting --all thefruity flavors--after somany miles and hard to consume.