Since the last race I gradually was able to start doing more quality training sessions and todays race, the GARMIN EPIC TRAIL SKY 24K, was an excellent test to see where exactly I am in my fitness. The race starts in a small town, Barruera, in the spanish Pyrenees in an area that is widely know as Vall de Boí, which is situated on the west side of the Aïgues Tortes National Park, a very beautiful alpine area with many many lakes, streams and pretty extreme mountains.
The track of the race was typical of the "Sky" format, steep up steep down with quite technical terrain. We stayed in an appartment very near the start area, and I see "we" because in this race I was joined by my son Jordi. Around 8 o'clock we walked to the start area, I was not feeling too great in my stomach so I did not do a warmup, Jordi did and after we went through the material control into the starting box and waited until it was our turn to start. The women started 15 minutes before us. Which helps in spreading out runners in the first kilometers. The first kilometer is rather flat, for the same reason to stretch the field a bit, but as soon as we hit the first trail we had to stop running completely because of the jam the change of rhythm caused.
Finished in 6h06m54s
Jordi 5h45:24.94
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