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I did 3.23 last year, as far as I remember, but there were several stops because I didn't know the route and about a third of the way along, I joined Speró and Fridman, and we stopped at least twice because of them. Of course I stopped my stopwatch, but these stops were rests. We also didn't run the uphills, although by that time there had been more than one uphill which I hadn't run of my own volition. Didn't sleep well yet again before a long run which was important for me and could have easily got up at 04.00, but got up at the time I had set my alarm for - 05.30. That gave me 1.45 at home or actually 1.49, as some last minute shitting put paid to my plan of popping to the bakery on the way to the station. There was a long queue at the ticket office. There were several people on the train going to the Iszinik and I got talking to one. a guy from Sarisap who was planning on running the 50 but, he said, not at my pace. With the mass start at 07.30 I spent a long time overtaking walkers inc. Marton Dani, Recsek Tibi from Tardos who was walking with Zsiga. I started catching up runners as I hit the road after Somlyo castle and the last runner I overtook was between the Tarjan road and Kóldusszallas. He started at 07.30 so I had made up at least 22 minutes on him. He had just overtaken Börcsök Andras who was running with another guy, both in Hokas. I was 1.47 to the turn off after Kóldusszallas. From then on it was a struggle and it was a big surprise that I could run the whole course. I'm wondering whether the sit ups etc. which I did yesterday, maybe my first weight training in Hungary, had a bad effect on me for today. I was happy to stop running when I reached the banya hegy ckeckpoint. The funny thing was that I was actually happier later on running uphill than on the flat. The second part, which I ran in 1.12, was actually easier than it had been the first time. It was muddy. I walked into the village only to find out there wasn't even a timetable at the bus stop but it didn't pose a problem as I was able to hitch a lift very quickly from three young people, one of whom I didn't recognise but have known since he was a young boy and he was class mates with Maci and Laci at Talentum, and is even training to be a chef in Bp like Maci did. Small world! Had one shit after I think 47 mins. Took my running jacket off quiet early on, but had to put it back on later on and my hands were still cold. Ran the second part of today's run for the first time on Oct 7th and my time then was 1.12.55 coming back so basically the same time although, strickly speaking, I was anything up to a minute faster today which is amazing on the basis that in the October run I only ran 63 mins before I started and It was a much easier run as well, and the conditions were better under foot, although now I come to think of it, the muddy conditions were mainly in the first half. 7th Jan and April 5th - those were the two times I ran the first half of today's route. In Jan I ran 1.44 to Kóldusszallas but that was to the actual building, whilst today I ran a little further - to the junction. I ate a total of 3 muesli bars, 1 on the road downhill, the second before the Tolna road, and the 3rd whilst wlaking down to the village centre.