25 miles. Feeling much better after reaching 12,500 and not getting sick. Only had to go up to 11,750. George and I are cranky for the 1st 12 miles and we are not working well as a team. I wanted to join Jo and Sat after 12 miles. But after we cleared 11,750 we started running better as a team. I am having a lot of trouble running downhill on the trails. I much better when I get to the flat areas.
We were running to Camp Hale ( an old Army Camp). Once I get to the flats I feel great. Both George and I are able to make up a lot of time. We are having a friendly rivalry with the OLD GOATS(see photo) Steve(64) and Doug(69). They kicked our butt on Tuesday we beat them on Monday mainly because it was flat and only a small climb (1000ft). We could not make-up enough time to catch them...but we pick off a couple of other teams. We passed Jo and Sat but Jo was not feeling well...she had a case of sun stroke.
After the race we soaked our legs in a cold stream...that felt great. Camp Hale was a real nice place with a restaurant and running water and a toilet. But NO Internet access. We had a good dinner and watch the award ceremony. Our friends Christina and Kendra are in second place for the mixed 80's. Team Achilles( see photo above)
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It was truly an honour and a privilege to meet you guys and to get to know you over the last week or so. We'll do our own blog updates once we have the energy and motivation to do so!
We've been shopping today in Vail and stuffing our faces to make up for the 20,000 calorie deficit Sat suffered over the 6 days! (According to his heartrate monitor, so it must be accurate!) Needless to say, it won't take 6 days to make up for this deficit.
Hope you both had a safe journey home and we look forward to keeping in touch over the coming weeks, months and years!
Have you guys decided what your next challenge (mid-life crisis number 4) is???
xxx
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