Reasonably rash decision to give the fkt an attempt. Have not trained well over last few months and was relying on residual fitness for earlier races.
I had a goal finish time of 23 hours. This would be my first time under 24 hours (everything else has been mountain stuff) so my worry was spending more time running than I've been used to. I over packed food and clothes. Bag pressed into my back so eating the weight out of it was good. Had water points mapped and found all of them and filled as necessary.
It was t shirt weather until about 95 miles in when I had to deal with some blisters, at same point rain started heavy.
I had a false start where I got lost within about 500m of the start. I chose to start again so added bonus miles early on. Quite frustrating.
Fell over hard at around 60 miles. Landed on my chest and ribs, hand and knee hurt a lot. Blistered to hell too underfoot.
I live near the finish so wife and kiddy met me at the finish. Was very happy to see them. Really sick of wham chews and haribo. Managed a glass of milk only since finishing 6 hours ago. Couldn't even bring myself to drink booze. Will sleep well tonight.