The North Face 100
One Runners Perspective
Jon Gooding / 03.06.2008
On Friday afternoon before the race, I caught a train to the Leura train station from Sydney Central Station. Costing only $12 for a 2 hour trip to the Blue Mountains, a very easy way to get there.
Arriving at Leura, I ventured out to the local shops to get a map and directions to my accommodation, at this point; I hooked up with another runner, Zac (from globetrekker) who was also heading a similar direction. So we had a good chat about the race as we made our way to our respective accommodation.
At about 5.30pm Friday afternoon, I ventured to Race Registration to get the maps and get an idea of who was actually competing in this event! After the registration Zac and I had the buffet. Always good to have a hearty meal before an event, so I dug into the prawns and lasagna especially. During the registration Zac realised I had an excessively large pack for the event – being new to this sort of thing, I was going in with the multi day adventure race in mind (with a huge 30 litre pack), fortunately Zac had a 20 litre one, tht was the same brand and fit, just a bit smaller, so I borrowed that for the race. This turned out to be a huge blessing, as no other runner had packs bigger than 20 litres.
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