My alarm goes off at 03:05, the second one at 03;10, it's an early start and long day ahead. KA and I are competing in the 55km Laugavegurinn Marathon.We are at the leisure centre in good time for the 04:30 set-off, heading to Landmannalaugar via a very good breakfast stop after a couple of hours on the bus. We know the routine, make sure we are first off the bus, four buses and one cafe will only lead to one thing, a huge queue for the loo's.....we are first, and then into the breakfast rooms - a real feast is laid out, plenty for everyone and spoilt for choice; i settle for porridge, boiled eggs, meat, cheese, bread, juice and coffee, that should keep me going. Then after another hour or so offroad tracks, bumpy but exciting and then we arrive at the start and, this time, not quite at the front of the queue !
We are in the Red start, this is the second batch and we set-ff just after 9. The scenery is spectacular and the conditions near perfect. we run on hard volcanic rock, volcanic ash, slushy snow, mud, uphill, downhill and through rivers - surrounded all the time by glaciers, mountains, lakes, steam and much more.
The pictures explain and show this much better, we had estimated a time of 6 hrs 30 and finish just inside this; it's a tough race, well supported with food and drink at the checkpoints and ropes and safety teams at the major river crossings. And at the finish, showers, and great food and drink.
We are pleased with our race and then it's just another few hours bumpy bus ride, through rivers and lava fields back to Reykjavik - we make it back to the apartment just after 11pm - a good day out.
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