Day three on the Wild Coast Ultra and a day of blistering sun!
44 kays today which started with a river crossing only a couple of kilometres from the start. The 'ferry' consisted of two blokes with canoes, able to take one passenger at a time. The river wasn't too wide but the current was strong and we were told we couldn't swim as the river is a but 'sharky'!
The whole exercise took an hour, two runners got capsized (we quickly put kit in our dry bags!) and having let the fast and slow runners go first, the mid pack 'Magnificent Seven' were last to set off from the far shore.
There was a lot more beach running again today, often with good hard sand, but also some sand dunes and river crossings.
Early on though we went through Dwesa nature reserve which was alive with stunning flowers, from Bird of Paradise to Senecio, irises and Impatiens - and that's only the ones I could identify! No rhino though, but there were signs of buffalo and we did see several large pods of dolphins out at sea.
Midday today though was tough. Very hot, no breeze, totally exposed on the beach, but the sea looked awesome, amazingly turquoise and wave after surfable wave!
So, three days in, over half way and with two shorter days to come before the big finish on Saturday.
And, that's lots more miles on the 365 challenge too!
1 comment:
Great running Paul, sounds like you are enjoying the adventure and adding lots of miles to your 365 days running. Good luck again.
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