First race of the season is in the books running the Pure Grit 6 Hour at the Sawmill Cross Country trails on Saturday. It was a chilly morning , 3C , no wind , no sun either. Dressed in a long sleeve tech T , wool gloves, shorts with light running pants over them.
Had the pleasure of running with Patrick and Raj. Stuck with them for 4 laps they were doing the "30K" race. I went on to do one more lap officially credited with 37.5K on the day however the course was short and it was probably around 30K. I finished my last loop at 5h14min. I wanted to go out for a partial loop however it was " how ever many loops you can get done in 6 hours"...no problem! I did however did a cool down 2K walk brining the days total to 32K , longest run this year!
Love the small local races , came in 3rd overall in the 6 hour race. The kicker .... only 6 were registered and one no show!
None the less I picked up a bottle of wine and a chocolate bar for my result!
Garmin Data
I did around 500 ml of water / loop about 2.5l all together. The success of the day was fueling with Maple Syrup shots....it worked extremely well!
Up next in 3 weeks is my one and probably only 50K of the year the Great Mansfield...only a couple of long runs away.
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