Sunday, October 23, 2016

They Can't All Go To Plan

My final result was 189 km. I felt absolutely exhausted after 3 hours and knew then it was going to be a brutal fight all the way to the end. Then I got hit by cramps and the only way to treat them was to have a massage every 4 laps. I must have spent about 2 hours with the physio, in which case 189 k was the absolute max.

I need to do some soul searching now. I think I need a complete rest from running for a while.

189.045k / 63rd place

3 comments:

  1. Oh no. Sorry to hear this Thomas. Yes, have a good break - maybe 3 or 4 weeks off. Looking forward to your full report.

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  2. Sorry to hear things didn't go well. Exhausted after 3 hours @ 24hr pace suggests you were unwell. Pretty extraordinary that you managed 189km given the circumstances, huge effort.

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  3. Well done.

    It takes me months to recover from an event half this size - mainly mentally but more so physically as I get older. I either have to slow down to complete more events or make peace with my abilities.

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