Rich Meston
Saturday, 1 March 2014

2014: My first ever (official) ultra!

The starting point for this first Green Man that I ran was a hotel a little off the route, so the course was longer than other years. Being my first ever ultra, too, I kept very slow at the start. And didn't really speed up!

It got bright and sunny, then dusky, then dark and I ran the final stretch with 3 other people in the dark, absolutely overjoyed to finish my first ultramarathon.

The full story's in the book: Chasing the Green Man.

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47.79 mi
76.91 km
4,327 ft
climbed (1,319 m)
11h 25m
start to finish
26m
stopped (cake, views, wrong turns)
13:45
per mile when moving (8:33/km)