MdS, Day 4 & 5!
What a day and night and....... morning. It was the long day, which we all pay our entry fees for. 51 miles and an 8.30am start. I decided to push on a little early on before it got too hot, still walking. By midday the eat was intense & I only had one pace. Around 2pm I'd chatted with Connor from N. Ireland. By 5-6pm I was still feeling low on energy I asked if we could walk and talk.
He got me to check point 4 & we decided to stop for an hour have some snack food and sort ourselves out for a windy night; windproofs, buff, head torch mandatory glow stick on back. We got on well and he intended to stop and sleep at CP 5, which a lot of people do.
I advised him not to sleep and we'd stop again, this time for hot food then push onto the finish, as it's very difficult to get going again when you sleep. We went through the night together across the dunes and as we left CP7, the last one the sun began to rise. A very long 6 mies to the finish.
A long, very hard day. Connor's first ultra!
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