The run unfortunately did not go to plan. Within a couple of hours I was struggling as I was far too hot. We had the aircon on full blast and got a fan on me while I ran in as little clothing as possible. I was still baking hot but my poor crew were freezing cold. I was managing a fairly ok pace but it was not looking very likely that the record would be broken. 8hrs in I took an extended break as I was not feeling quite right. I seemed to have to be walking more than normal so I lay down, this was when the muscle twitches started. I know for most people running 8hrs is a lot but for me it isn't, 8hrs running should not have had this effect on me.
After an hour the crew took my heart rate and it was 108, my normal resting heart rate is 40 and while I would expect it to be higher than normal even after an hrs rest it should not have been that high. I got back on the treadmill for 5 mins and they took my heart rate again and it had gone up to 152 and didn't drop for several minutes.
The elevated heart rate in conjunction with the muscle twitches and erratic body temperature regulation made the decision easy for the crew. The event was pulled as it was feared I must be fighting off some virus. My heart rate this morning was still nearly 100 so think they were right. I will head to the doctors tomorrow if its still very high just to get checked out.
I will be doing this event again in the next few months so have to look at this as a training session. I got about 70km done which was less than planned for 8hrs but considering the heart rate I am fairly pleased with it.
Thank you to Fiona, Gemma, Kevin and Mark who looked after me while i was running.
Thanks to everyone who came along during the day especially Lee (another treadmill nut) and Toby (my sports therapist)
Thanks to Gavin and Farrah for the use of their gym and all their help - Look forward to working with you again 

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