the following day.Breaking PointDay Nine turned out to be critical: Shades came within a whisker of dropping out of the challenge. "I’d been picking up injuries throughout the event and my calf muscles on both legs were so sore. I owe a great deal to two people
calf that was trying to run uphill. There in front of me, blocking the narrow trail I was supposed to be running down, were more cowboys and a herd of 60-odd cattle. Trampled by a herd of cattle or impaled on the horns of a bull never makes good reading
than last year.The plans went well, and Trinity even won her age category at one of our warm-up races, the Halstead Marathon. But in the week preceding the event, taper madness set in and doubts surfaced. We had planned to run at about 10-minute miling
’t practise for an event like this, and I think we’ve learned how far you can push the human body." Fellow forumite JJ was there to cheer the team on at the start and finish. "They’ve been phenomenal," she said. "I couldn’t run that fast for the bus
:02:07 6:03:59 5:11:38 12:30:46 Hollywood 1009 1:03:53 6:47:44 4:26:13 12:33:56 Calf 1118 1:21:49 6:21:59 4:45:23 12:49:22 Lindy 1219 1:21:30 6:57:40 4:30:23 13:04:48 Cougie 1346 1:22:38 6:32:33 5:12:12 13
:37.39 Disorderly 1:07.22 5:39.36 3:51.28 10:43.59 Hollywood 1:03.35 5:55.49 3:57.16 11:00.41 mellifera 1:13.52 5:48.05 4:16.52 11:23.39 Calf 1:23.06 5:50.54 4:06.59 11:28.02 arctic lady 1:12.51 6:05.34 4:21.43 11
