Having run the Veluwezoom Red Route a year ago, today it was time to run the Veluwezoom Black Route. It follows the same route as Red only Black has an extra loop of about 16 km so it totals 46 km.
I began my run in the morning at 07:36 AM right after sunrise. The last couple days it rained a lot but this morning the sky was almost entirely clear and I got treated with a pleasant sunshine. Though the paths were still quite muddy and slippery at times so that made running a bit tougher.
Started at quite a high pace which I knew wouldn't last the entire run but would just see how far I could keep it up. After finishing the second loop at about 30km my legs were starting to protest and my average pace per km started to suffer quite a lot. Managed to finish in little over 4,5 hours. Not the fastest time I was hoping for and know I am able to achieve but hey that leaves room for improvement in the future.
Thanks again Torben Osterlund for the route. Even though two thirds of the Black route is the same as Red I still enjoyed running it again.