Why would you ever run 100 miles??? The Great Naseby Water Race
The Great Naseby Water Race So: I ran my first 100 mile trail race at Naseby in 27 hours and 58 minutes. It was a seductively sublime experience. I now know why my coach had me do all those 30 second hill sprints...so I could look good sprinting at the finish. My support crew Bonnie, Jamie, Simon and Jonno: they are incredibly generous human beings. They followed the plan we made. I ran the first 30km myself with my back/glutes cramping. Went into the caravan and burst into tears on Bonnie saying I'd gone out too fast and not eaten/drunk enough and my butt was painful. She just took over. Put me on the bed, rolled my back, gave me panadol and a big coconut/ricemilk coffee, packed Jamie up food when I said, "I don't know!" when she asked what I wanted to eat and we set back out 10 minutes later. That lap with Jamie Hawker reset everything and then Jonathan Scott took over till Simon came. Simon got the worst of it because he had to deal with ...
