I didn’t really have any expectations for a time for this course, this time around it was all about
completing it and discovering whether or not I could go the distance.
The first part of the course was an uphill climb to Luxmore Hut which, ended up being a lot of hiking on a track through the bush. I was conscious of saving my energy so didn’t want to go too quick! Once at Luxmore Hut we were greeted with some friendly volunteers who did a quick gear check and some food and then off I went again.
Not long after this I passed a ’48km to go’ sign and I remember thinking, is that meant to be a positive sign? Cause it sure didn’t give me any good feelings!
As I didn’t really have any time in mind to complete this I just continued to cruise along at a steady pace whilst cursing that I hadn’t done enough hill work as the quads were burning.