I planned to run just a little bit, capture the runners with my actioncam and have fun...
I took my medical kit with me with some bandage strips, wipes, anti-biotic ointment, emergency blanket and elastic adhesive tape, an extra lamp... just to be sure to have the necessary to use if somebody should need help in the middle of nowhere...
After the last last check (Kyrkobyn-Dala) 13.5 km from the finish line, instead of turning back (as I planned) I decided to run the rest of the race (even if not really racing). I was for the first time part of the race crew! Yeah! :)
And what a race! Great people as always, great race and fantastic nature! I have to return and enjoy that last part of the trail. The southern Sandsjöbacka is just lovely! Tough.... a real "pain"... but lovely! :)
I wanted to enjoy the part of the trail I never ran before... And I did it! I feel great now and my knee feels also O.K.! :)
I will publish a short youtube video clip but the quality will not the best one. The first 2 hours due to the darkness and the cloudy weather are quite bad actually....After 4h I had to carry the camera and attach it to an external USB charger in order to continue filming... and after 37km the SD card was full!
I have to admit that running in those conditions out there and holding the actioncam with one hand all the time was not an easy task! :)
Maybe I have to consider on upgrading my gear! Eehehehe ;)
THANX for the medal! ;)
I guess that after running for more than 6hrs and 40+km, cheering and motivating the runners, joaking and chatting with many of them I earned it somehow... ;)
