Did you have quite a bit of clear air like were you just basically rolling at your own effort for a lot of the race?

Honestly, I don't know because I couldn't see anyone and I didn't ask how far back anyone was.

So I was just kind of hoping for the best.

Yeah, up Gibby Pass wasn't quite as fast as on a long run with the boys.

But it was still a decent pace until we got to the trail which is fucking steep.

Yeah, so that was a walk all the way up there.

Yeah, and then I was starting to feel pretty tired and just kind of starting to catch up with all the 30k guys.

um geeky stuff do you want to tell us about what you did for fueling out there and also what shoes you wore people love hearing about that um and like did you feel any like bonky moments where you're just like fuck i gotta get myself out of the hole and throw a heap of fuel down or any any spews or any weasel poos we love we love talking about all that nitty-gritty stuff

were you looking back at any stage? You're like, I'm walking now, I'm putting it in, if people are coming back, good on them or how what's what's what are you doing in terms of how are you racing it

um after the the little out and back up and down uh the Adventure Park I was looking back a little bit because uh I did see a couple people at the at the top when I was back at the top and they were coming down I wasn't quite sure how long that would be and that was quite a painful crime I was I was really struggling up there so there was a bit of looking back there but after that it was just

Crater Room Ultra, this is a big deal in the ultra running scene, especially in New Zealand anyway.

Yeah, it's good.

I'm happy with it.

wasn't quite the course record i was looking at but um you know on another day maybe that's that's there yeah i think it's pretty good considering uh my last two races have been 10ks so on the roads okay so it's uh yeah pretty happy with