En annan sida av trailet - 30K
http://daligiman.blogspot.kr/2013/11/happy-trails-30km-november-24-2013.html
Hittade en annan deltagares beskrivning av trailen, och det finns lite bilder ocksa. Roligt att bli omnamnd :) Och han beskriver ocksa hopplosheten nar ban-markningen forsvunnit och man inte vet at vilket hall man ska fortsatta springa.
....The cramps had come back, and I fell into a slow shuffle, drinking lots of water, taking more salt and eating a gel. I felt a bit disheartened, feeling this trashed, but was hoping the nutrition and water would prop me up for the final section. Javier, looking in fine form, caught up to me as I shuffled along, and I tried to tag on to him. Lucky that I did, as soon we saw Murray, standing on the side of the trail, unsure of where to proceed. Apparently there was a very vague trail shooting up the left side of the mountain, and the turn sign was buried under some leaves. I would have definitely missed it. Javier had done some reconnaissance the week before, and assured us that the turn would get us to where we needed to go. I was actually skeptical, as the course, up to that point, had been marked brilliantly. At this point Martin, another runner, had joined us, and I was ready to run a bit down the road past where Murray had been. But then up from the opposite direction came Lina, the girl in pink who had passed me on the first descent. She had been a ways down the road and hit a dead end. (Even after the extra kilometers, she still went on to take first in the ladies race). So we all set off up the trail, completely covered by leaves.....
Efter att sprungit i ledningen sprang jag vilse totalt extra 2 km och fick vanda tillbaka innan jag hittade ett gang vilsna grabbar och vi tillsammans tog en liten stig uppfor ett berg. Inombords var jag ledsen over att tappat 12 minuter, for jag visste inte om tjej nummer tva hade hunnit forbi mig under min lilla extra-runda. Men jag forsokte strunta i att tanka pa om jag fortfarande skulle bli en evig nummer 2 och missa min 1:a plats igen, och fokusera pa att ha kul i utforsbackarna och jag drog ifran grabbganget ganska snart, vilket gjorde att jag kande mig annu starkare, efter 25K och 3 timmar behover man ha uthallighet for att orka i samma tempo och som tur ar har jag ju kort mycket langa pass och mycket backar pa senaste tiden.
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