A little later than hoped, here is William’s race result and a few more photos.

Alan tells me that William finished 5th Overall and was 1st in his age group (M55)

William ran a total of 113.420kms (70.48 miles) during the 12 hrs.

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William himself added that it was

“…steady going to the finish.”

All in all we are pleased with the way the race went. This was William’s shortest race for 7 years (those of you who follow his racing will realise that William specialises in multi-day racing, so 12hrs is a bit of a sprint for him).

We made the decision some time ago that William wouldn’t do a full race taper prior to Crawley, just reducing his weight training and running intensity a little during the week prior to the race, and aiming primarily to use the 12hr race as preparation for the 6-day event in Hungary, 4th-10th May – so in context William’s performance was all we had hoped it would be.

William will be back to full training shortly after his return to Orkney. He’ll aiming to get a few quick of days of rest now (which he is going to need, as I have a couple of extremely demanding one-rep max squat and deadlift sessions lined up for him next week, after which he will resume his “Phase 2” training during the run-up to Hungary).

More anon,

Shaun

www.ultrafitnesstraining.com

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