WATHAN'S HIGHS AND LOWS
Eryri's Paul Wathan went through the whole gamut of experiences on his first 100-mile race, the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc at Chamonix.
The early stages of the race, which involves a total of 10,000 feet of ascent, went as planned but on the first night he began to feel rough.
He describes the second day as "brutal", with the temperature up to 35 degrees, and at the top of Grand Col Ferret was violently sick. The medics held him back for about 20 minutes, resulting in his slipping back about 300 places to 750th.
When the sun went down he felt like a different runner, gaining in strength and chasing down the places he had lost. In the final 70k he virtually regained his early position as he passed 350 and finished 396th out of 2,600 starters, 900 of whom did not make it to the finish.
"I finished strongly, with a sub-4 minute final kilometre," he said.
He was supported at various checkpoints by his partner Gemma Morgans and his father.
Eryri's Paul Wathan went through the whole gamut of experiences on his first 100-mile race, the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc at Chamonix.
The early stages of the race, which involves a total of 10,000 feet of ascent, went as planned but on the first night he began to feel rough.
He describes the second day as "brutal", with the temperature up to 35 degrees, and at the top of Grand Col Ferret was violently sick. The medics held him back for about 20 minutes, resulting in his slipping back about 300 places to 750th.
When the sun went down he felt like a different runner, gaining in strength and chasing down the places he had lost. In the final 70k he virtually regained his early position as he passed 350 and finished 396th out of 2,600 starters, 900 of whom did not make it to the finish.
"I finished strongly, with a sub-4 minute final kilometre," he said.
He was supported at various checkpoints by his partner Gemma Morgans and his father.
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