Training Log Archive: Cjcollins

Up at 5am to drive south, picking up a few others along the way. Back and rest of my body was feeling good so I had no doubts about participating in the race. Great day for it too with little wind and clear skies. Race ended up as a tale of two halves. First half went very well although I may have started out a bit too hard. Fuelling was going well also. At the turnaround point I picked up my drop bag and walked for a while whilst I had a banana and some coke before starting running uphill again. This portion was a fairly long climb and I noticed that I was starting to tire. It was a struggle to reach the top although I was ok again on the next downhill / flat section. The final long uphill is where things got quite tough. I had started to feel a bit sick which meant I wasn’t taking any fuel on board which I’m turn meant running low on energy. I eventually had to stop and throw up 5 times. Felt a lot better after this and was able to persevere on to the finish in just under the 5hr30 mark (which was my target). Good to get the race into my legs but really need to sort this fuelling problem over the next few weeks.
Also worth noting that i didn’t have any trouble with my back during the race and it is also fine today (Sunday) so hopefully that is now resolved.