Trail Running Oct Nov issue

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This kind of logic works in shorter races, but does it
transfer to ultras, when a quarter of the race is still as
long as a ‘normal’ race distance?
With 20km or so to go I was told I had about a
15-minute lead. So I focused on just getting to the
finish with no major bonks, cramps or falls. The last
downhill felt long, with my legs starting to seize up a
little. But I rolled down the Cortina high street to break
the finish-line tape first.
I roughly knew the time 2015 winner Didrik
Hermansen had run and had based my race on finishing
in a similar time. Towards the latter stages I could see
I was going to finish a good bit faster, 19 minutes in the
end. But I didn’t know Didrik’s time was the record,
so that was a nice surprise. All the pre-race dramas
of changing travel plans, missing a night’s sleep and so
on had been worthwhile. TR
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