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Thanks guys.
Was going well and feeling pretty good at the last checkpoint, left Knighton and started on the section that "breaks people" according to the checkpoint guy. Holding steady in 5th position having run myself up the leader board after a steady night and decent breakfast in Hay on Wye. 4th was about 2 miles up the road which didn't seem impossible over the 18 miles left if I had the legs. Pushed on and was moving well but not closing on 4th. Then hit the last 10 miles - a series of wall-like climbs and descents that sapped everything I had. Navigating in the dark after being up since 6am Friday (and it's now Sat night) saw me get lost twice. I was quickly hemorrhaging time, energy and the will to live. Started hallucinating at some point too, said hello to a lady walking her dog that was actually a cow.
Finally hit the last CP and my finish at just before 0130 Sunday morning.
Sub 30hr finish and 5th place. Pretty happy with that for my first 100 miler.