Ah - Leg Three! As the RagMag calls this route "You've got to be Kidding Me" In 3 miles you get 1543 ft of vert going up the back side of Guardsman’s pass (they do claim there was 31 ft of loss somewhere in there). With tired and heavy legs I decided to try and tackle this as much as possible - I ended up Avg 12:30's for the run which I was happy for - the heat was blaring and the pavement was HOT, but I was able to resemble some sort of running motion for 98% of the climb. No one passed me and I was able to notch my belt with another 5-6 runners. Had a great time, but may hang this race up in the books.
I think our team finished the 197.4 miles in just over 29 hrs. I need to find the results somewhere..
Peace!
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