race to the stones 2019
Starting a blog as a place to write down things. Late to the game here I know! Race to the stones 2019 was my 4th race and second ultra. Summary/ lessons learnt Pacing worked well. Not super fast for first half, but had energy to keep up pace in second half Got hydration right 100km is hard on the ankles, no getting away from that. Maybe 100km a sensible distance limit. Even though had energy, not sure legs could get conditioned to more without serious high mileage training, Ate a lot, possibly even too much, but energy levels fine all race Mentally mainly positive whole way Splitting into sections worked as strategy Nice to chat to people, but music definitely helped in parts. Very pleased all round with how it went. Awesome fun. Time 15:06 Plan Run at 07:30 per km (which seemed reasonable pace based on what we did last year, and given the terrain - not too fast, and probably sustainable all day) stop for 10 minutes at each stop stop for 40 minutes at basecamp at half...