Training Log Archive: pi

25-manna, leg 7. We had so many people sick in the days leading up to the race that we had get into desperation mode for replacement for our two teams. This meant that we had Ian H on leg 7 and we figured he might be up to 10 min slower than the rest of us. We decided to stop and help him if we saw him on the course, since the leg 23 runner couldn't go out until all 4 of us finished anyway.

This created a weird feeling for my race. I went out last of the group and wasn't running as fast as I could as I was kind of looking for Ian. After about 2 km of not having spotted him I figured I just had to forget about Ian and run my own race, but I found it hard to get into full race mode. Anyway, I didn't miss any control, just had a slow careful race.

In the end it turned out Ian had missed the first control by 7 min and was behind in the woods the whole time. However, he ran amazingly well for the rest of the course, basically matching my pace! He came into the finish only 2 min behind us.

Our first team did incredibly well and finished in 32nd, best result in years.
http://live.25manna.se/Teams/44

I didn't wear a GPS but here is leg 7:
https://www.livelox.com/Viewer/25manna/25manna/7?c...