What a race I gotta say first off. I went into many deep dark places in my head and pushed my body to its limit. The race had a ton of twists and turns that kept me on my toes but when the dust settled I must say I am very happy how things turned out.

When the gun fired it didn't take long for a lead group to form. However out of nowhere some dude just kept lapping all of us a what seemed close to world record pace. This continued for about a hour, while our lead group fell to 4 runners at this point. All of us wanted to up the pace and chase after the "bullet" but we saw him slow down and before we knew it he was gassed and we still had over 4hrs or racing left...... Sweet-as lets focus on ourselves now.

The lead group changed a few times between 3-5 runners in it at any given time. About 3hrs in 3 of the guys made a break that I didn't want to match. I needed to run smart and hope they would slow down. Sadly I "Hit the wall" around the 49km mark (7km longer than a Marathon) and my pace slowed down. I got some salt into me and before I knew it I was back on track. At this point I was tied with 2 other guys with 20mins left. With the top 3 outta reach due to great running all I could do was see if I could keep or improve on my seeding. Picked up the pace for the last 5km and ended up breaking one of the guys in our group but got out kicked by another. The good thing was that for the last 5km I was making ground on all the leaders, showing me I just need to avoid hitting that wall again and I can fight for the title.

Finishing Totals

5th Place
58.3km in 6hrs
1 Numb foot and a busted Ankle :D

Next up: Auckland City Marathon :D