Stage 2 (Alhanma de Granada to Jatar, 42km)
Posted On Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at at 8:13 AM by warriorsofwindStage Two begins by descending into Alhama’s spectacular gorge. There were 4 checkpoints again. From here you travel through the full length of the gorge before heading into the Sierra Almijara. This tough mountain stage includes a new, very beautiful, single track section. From here you begin to descend via the forest tracks before some tough final climbs into Jatar.
Most of the Singaporeans started off strong in the beginning partly due to the beautiful scenery and the less tough trail. Me, Gen, Cat and Ivy met together at the 2nd checkpoint and ran together. However, the event took a drastic turn where we reached the mountain stage where Joshua began to feel unwell. Ivy volunteered to stay behind and the rest of us decided to proceed ahead since we did not want to pressure Joshua on our run.
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Once we were out of the mountain stage, we met some marshals and volunteers to ask us about Joshua’s condition. It seems that he was really unwell, and Jerry had driven a land rover parked outside the mountain to pick him up. At the last descend from the mountain, I turned back my head and saw Dr. Bell running across the mountains with her medical box to join Joshua and Ivy. She was really fast!!
By 4pm, we had reached our second camp site and saw Joshua resting at the medical tent. He was ordered to stay out of the race for the next 2 days.
