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juanito
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my dot would have stayed put for the next 4.5 hours and I was sure I was done for but I perked up enough around 7ish that I figured I'd have a crack at another lap, managed to get around the 7th lap in one piece so I pushed up for an 8th which proved to be a lap too far. made it to the halfway point on the course and was barely moving forward so I cut my losses and hit the campsite (which I was right next to) to hand in my chip, call my race and receive my medal.
all told I did 7.5 (it counts!) laps of 5.7 miles plus all the random wandering around the campsite in between laps so covered over 45 miles.
having had a realistic look at the situation I am extremely happy with that. I was sure I was done at 6 so was great to push through and see it through to the extremely bitter end.
planning my return next year already.