It was a good day and first 36 miles in the bag. Now less than 1,000 to go (woohoo).
Got to Land's End at 6.30am for obligatory photos before a 7am start. Misty and a bit of drizzle early on but that was quite pleasant.
In the morning I ran with David (my new roommate), Shane and also Polly the pacer who did it in '23. We made good progress up to pitstop 2 & early lunch.
Whilst progress was good, we arrived 2 hrs before the time the RNLI were comfortable with us wading across Hayle River / Estuary. There was the offer of a minibus ride round the Estuary from the Run Director, but we decided that wasn't in line with our (currently) purist aspirations so myself, David plus pacers Mark & Polly decided to " suck it up" and run round the Estuary - bonus 4 miles.
Then a long section on the beach, before final pitstop and a final 9km of cliff top running.
We finish bang on 8.5hrs with myself & David first home. There's no element of racing here however it is good for morale to be at the front end. There is also a massive advantage with recovery. Showered, eaten, been checked over by doc, had a massage and now typing this with feet up. It's a huge advantage for tomorrow relative to those who are still out there running.
Early days, but a great first day.😎
Trying to find a line across the sand that wasn't too soft.
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