Beautiful day out here. This was planned by James Harwood, we both started at 7am on opposite sides and faced off who could finish faster. This motivation helped me push hard the entire route and shave 4 mins off his previous time in the westbound direction. Nice cool morning turned into a hot December day which added some fun challenges. Felt good the whole run except for some cramping at the end. Need to take more electrolyte. Ate 72 g of carbs from gels every hour along with plenty of water. Also took ketones before and at hour 4 for the extra boost. Carried 3 litters of water and didn’t have to fill up once. I think this is the key, sacrificing some heavyset weight on the front end but not having to worry about finding a tap. There were two locked gates I had to get over which was kinda sketchy, and a large train I had to climb over that was siting across the tracks where the bridge underneath has been closed. Combined with busy road crossings it wasn’t ideal and probably could have saved some minutes. Overall great day and I’m super happy with the performance. Having stayed consistent and and running the whole time was the goal, and the goal was meet!