My First race had a great time.

Went out with the first pack (little optimistic) hit that first climb and wept a little bit, walked the whole thing. My lower back and calves were ruined at that point but once on the top of the hill it was good fun, just kept going for it at a steady pass.

Was feeling great at the 28km mark so skipped the water station, about 2km after that wasn’t feeling so good, wished I’d stopped.