As I had planned I went with Rach & Jess to the Blue Mountains to run parts of the North Face 100k course. It was just a magic day in the mountains.
We started about 6.30am with just a hint of daylight peeping over the eastern horizon. We were in a residential area and so the street lighting was adequate. Just as we hit the bush trails the sun was up and all was fine. I wont go into details where we ran but the track conditions and scenery were always changing. We did have some navigational issues caused mainly by enjoying the running and ignoring the trail signs. But that was fine we just saw some parts of the area we will not see on race day.
It got very warm in the early afternoon going yo a long 14k hill out of the Valley to the top of the escarpment. It is a bit depressing to look up and see what appears to be and endless climb with very few section that can be run. It will be run in the night and so perhaps that will make it mentally easier.
About 90 minutes before the end we were back into civilisation and spotted and ice cream truck. Enjoyed the soft serve cone that did not touch the sides. Pushed on to the finish with one major navigational error that could have had us running back to the ice cream truck but luckily we stopped and looked at the maps and went back to the junction and took the correct track for the final climb out of the valley and back to the car.
About 11 hours all up with quite a few stops for map reading, went into a shop to restock drinks and off course a loooooooooooong stop for the ice cream.
No physical issues or gear issues. All positive for the event that will be in about 5 weeks.
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