Nicky: Day 31 TBU day 6 YAY!

Nicky: Day 32 TBU Day 6 by knickerscat at Garmin Connect - Details

Final day and a mere 17+ miles.  Due to the cities & motorways, we were bussed to just outside Wrexham where we ran the final few miles in Wales to Ruthin Castle  and the finish line.
Jannine and I trotted along happily through woods, along roads, and as usual missed the footpath. Picked up Andy who had gone wrong in the same place as us! More hills, more heather & gorse to fight through & some uninspiring bleak moors to cross before reaching Offers Dyke & a nice long run through the woods down to the one and only CP of the day. The nice surprise was that they had laid on wine!!!!! Happy days. Between the 3 of us, we polished off a whole bottle - well why not. The serious racing snakes didnt partake so it would have been rude to see it go to waste!
Feeling a little tipsy, we entered into a sheep shit throwing competition so pass some time. Fatigue then once again set in so Andy left Jannine & I too it. She was really suffering with her sore knee & feet so it was us two dragging each other. More hills & still more hills before we reached the final small roads into Ruthin. Taff came out to run the final 2 miles in. We thought we were speeding along but apparetnly our tracker showed us doing an average speed of about 3m an hour! Oh well who cares. We managed to run up the final hill to the finish at the Castle where sparkling wine welcomed us just like it welcomes F1 racing drivers. Good spray of this, hot bath & later to our celebratory dinner & prize giving.

I was 3rd women and only 3mins behind Jannine in second place! Yes, I know, there were only 3 girls in it but thats because its a bloody tough old race and there are not that many nutcase ladies in the world! I was pretty pleased though that although Kirsty broke the previous ladies record for this race, I was only 11 mins behind the previous record and for the first time since the race started 4 or 5 years ago, no ladies were ever running in the dark on the long days. Happy days & a challenge for you guys out there for next year. Check out Gobeyond Ultra!!!!!