Adventure Racing race (Transition) 7:30 [0]
Got into transition as Neverest were leaving. Had a quick one, which included plotting again. Got out in 7.5 mins which was excellent, about 5 mins faster than the other teams. So only 7.5 mins behind Neverest and we saw Jabberwock approaching as we exited.
Adventure Racing race (Trekking) 7:05:23 [3] **** 28.0 km (15:12 / km) +1026m 12:50 / km
shoes: Salomon Sense Pro 4 Blue
Long trek, with a technically easy first half up a long ridge to higher altitude and Babangibone Mt at 2327m, before a more technical descent back down to Qwantani in the dark.
Started off okay, trying to keep cool in the heat, but I was blown going up the first steep climb onto the ridge. Started recovering along the spur, but the speed was low and Jabberwock could be seen catching behind us. At sunset I was getting much better but suddenly Jackie started feeling very bad. Just after dark Jabberwock cut a corner and got within 5 mins of us and promptly accelerated to pass at phenomenal speed going up the mountain. Neverest had opened up to 30 mins at this point, but we'd seen their lights struggling up the hill and knew they were in trouble. When we got to the hill itself, we needed numerous lie-downs so that Jax could try and recover, but it didn't help. The descent on the other side was a bit better, but not by much, slower than standard walking pace and still with numerous breaks. In the end she struggled all the way to the finish and wasn't able to recover. Could see in the distance that Jabberwock had closed on Neverest and later found out that they diced each other almost all the way to the finish, Jabberwock finally breaking Neverest for the win about 2km out and thus taking the Series title as well.
We kept plodding on down the hills and were soon passed by Red Ants as well. Eventually dragged ourselves over the finish line in 4th place, 2 hours down on Jabberwock, 90 mins behind Neverest and 40 mins behind Red Ants. Rory and Housty were next team in about 30 mins later.
Phenomenal form by Jabberwock in the 2nd half of the last trek to catch that much time on all the teams.