The race started at 6:00 am. and I started out at a comfortable steady pace, as I knew that I had a long way to go. I was running near the front of the pack and I felt good. At the 8.5 km. mark I started to climb the hill up the wet and muddy single track trail. After a 250 meter limb up the hill I got to the aid station at the 12 km. mark and I took a gel and filled up my Camelbak. I was feeling ok , as I was trying to recover from the climb. I was running with a guy from Denmark, as we started to descend the hill. There were parts of the single track trail that were quite treacherous because of all the mud! I was running behind the Danish guy and I was focussing on my feet and staying upright. We both missed the sharp right turn just after the 15 km. mark and we ended up passing the turn by about 150 meters. We got to a small road and noticed that there was no more flagging tape, so we turned back and found the trail. I took another gel and filled up my Camelbak again at the 17 km. mark.
I placed 4/440 overall and 5/10 in the 16-29 age group.
Route:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7478913Results:
http://race.runlah.com/event/ctme09