Trail (Loop The Lake Race) 2:19:00 [3] 25.0 km (5:34 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RaceUltra
Loop the Lake (Rotoiti) race
Really technical up and down single track for large parts...Great for orienteers.
Start at St Arnaud by the lake and "just" run round it.
400 entry limit and running as Peter Todd.
First 4 k on tarmac or gravel road then into the real stuff for pretty much all the rest.
Put in a lot of effort over the very hilly first few to avoid being bottlenecked later on. Good plan.
Tucked in behind a big guy running in black and pretty much hung in there. Brilliant tracks..needing to really concentrate all the time through the mud, up and down, over tree roots and broken rock. Then the wading of rivers at end of the lake.
Things got slightly easier on the way back down the east side but rarely any time to get in a rhythm.
Finished just behind Mr "all black" in relatively good shape.
A month older and a legit entry and would have been 1st O60 by a healthy margin. A race to be recommended.
Garmin said 28k but also said I put in a few sub 4 mms so I think not.
34th overall. 5th o50
Won in 1.45 with record being 1.37.