Race Report by Heather Krug
I’ve been staring at this picture for 30 minutes. The resolution isn’t high but if you look close you can see my running sticks and thermal in the back pocket of my hydration pack. My vest is fully loaded and I’m wearing my new seam sealed Ultimate Direction jacket. I look like an ultra runner—but the climb to Mt Stirling summit wasn’t easy—and looks can be deceiving.
If you could press play you would hear, “Let me run up ahead and have you take a photo with the backdrop.” I said this to the sweeper but didn’t realize he took a picture of me running to the photo spot. Making him take this photo could have cost me the five minutes I needed to make the 2 PM cut-off.
The morning started off perfect with a beautiful sunrise on Mt. Buller. I found another runner and we made our way to the start from our hotel. There were only 100 runners combined for the 45 k / 36 k and 22 K.
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