Michelle here again! Ian was hoping to
email me his blog posts to keep everyone updated but no word from him yet, so
it's me again I'm afraid. The good news is He made it round today's 33.8km
stage and in an amazing time of 4 hours 45 mins which puts him in 191st place
on the leader board.
Ian's email has appeared out of the
spam filter:
Great tent buddies, much banter; all
military or ex. Kit weighed 12kg all in and should have plenty food. Started
stage 1 at 9am after a lot of waiting around, not sure about temp but it was
45c by end. Ran all 14k to first, and most of leg 2, made a lot of places up
through good route selection, but lost most of them back to faster runners.
Final leg was much slower owing to cramps, though lots of salt tabs and
electrolytes taken. Came in on 4h 47 with Dave S; thinking we were midfield,
but transpired we were more like 165! Amazed, but will have to slow tomorrow.
Iain G is placed in the thirties on 3h 31 - legendary!
Bivvy 2 is a dust bowl and currently V windy, wont admin properly until it calms. Morale is high now I know my placing, but the rest of the week is daunting. Much food, rest and stretching tonight.
Apologies for failure to get my tracker working; am sure it is user error. Keep the sponsor money flowing; resend please!
Bivvy 2 is a dust bowl and currently V windy, wont admin properly until it calms. Morale is high now I know my placing, but the rest of the week is daunting. Much food, rest and stretching tonight.
Apologies for failure to get my tracker working; am sure it is user error. Keep the sponsor money flowing; resend please!
Go for it Ian! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteWoohoo to completing the first stage Ian!
ReplyDelete'Only' 5 more to go!
Sending you strong running vibes!
Excellent start Ian, well done. Baz
ReplyDeleteWell done :) you can send a message via the MDS website
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All the best of British
Les Adams
Great news, well done...we're all thinking of you back here!
ReplyDeleteGood luck for tomorrow! Thanks for the post Michelle, Helen and Phill Jenkins x x
How did Ian get on today ?? We are thinking of ou here ! Best Wishes Em , Mike and Shannon xx
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