« I didn’t like it to conquer »
« I didn’t want to win. There was only one ring at a time and eating. It was just the goal, » says Kristinn Gunnar Kristinsson, who won the backyard of nature in the Askja side tonight.
Christian ran 43 laps in the race that started on Saturday morning. It makes about 288 kilometers. Kristinn and Mari Järsk were two left when they set off in the 43rd round, but Mari turned shortly after leaving.
The backyard race works so that every hour competitors run 6.7 kilometers. Each ring is started out over time and if the competitor is not in the finish before the next ring starts, he can use the rest of the time to rest and prepare for the next lap.
If the competitor fails to finish the ring in an hour, he is dropped out of the competition. The one who runs most circles is the only one who finishes the race and stands as a winner. In order to conquer, the person needs to finish the ring alone.
Wanted to run for almost two days
This is not the first time that Kristinn has participated in the backyard race, but he is rather experienced in that regard. Most often he has stopped after 100 kilometers but twice gone 200 kilometers. He therefore beat his personal record in the weekend competition which he says is his only goal in participating in competition races.
The weekend’s goal was therefore not to stand up as a winner, but the goal was to run a day-night night-night, or for almost two days.
« I got very close to it now. It was started to publish only in the morning so you take it like it just comes, » says Kristinn, laughing.
The competition ended at four o’clock in the night, but when a journalist caught up with Christianity after noon today, he had slept for almost two hours since the competition ended. He says he has managed to rest well between rings but that the body is still working full time, which makes it more difficult to get a rest.
« The system is full and you are just feeling bad. I have a reluctance in the paws and got a little inflammation in the shin that my blanket was always going to. This is a difficult time for the next two days but hopefully this will be better, » says Kristinn. When asked, he says that the next few days will be trying to rest and nourish.
From the backyard race this weekend. More than 200 competitors were registered for the game.
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Seven proper menu through the run
Christian declares that everything has gone up as it should in this race. The nutrition was key and he had a seven -course menu that rolled in every circle where carbohydrates were paramount.
Asked how it is for the spiritual side to run for a long time, he says that he did not feel much distress in this competition, but that he was primarily bored in circle seven to nine, when he had more than 24 hours of the race.
« I found it very strange. I was just bored and felt bad inside me, but my body was insane. I didn’t understand why I was there, but still wanted to be there, » says Kristinn.
He says that although the race is individual sports, the assistants are a key factor in these competitions. They help competitors nourish and rest and give them motivation when needed.
Christian says that in difficult times it is a key factor to have good supporters who can tear a person out of dark valleys.
Asked what is next, Kristinn says that he has not yet decided, but that he wants to focus more on a marathon in the near future. He practices with the marathon group HHCC.
