CDH - DNF at 70km

Beautiful race with some very impressive mountains! Everything felt ok until around 60km, then my stomach was protesting a lot (maybe due to drinking the stream water? Or just too much sugar and heat?). I couldn’t keep anything down so I stopped at the 70km aid station and rested for an hour before taking the DNF shuttle back down to Vielha. At that point I was very dehydrated and even drinking water was impossible, so my legs started cramping a lot. Mentally I was still ok but I was physically too exhausted to continue and the next aid station was much more remote and without access by car so it would have been very unwise to try to continue. Stopping where I did was probably one of the main adult decisions I’ve made! Edit: After a few weeks of reflection, it was definitely the stream water that messed with my gut, I’ve never experienced a full night of puking from normal dehydration, and also I don’t think I was just dehydrated since I was drinking more than one bottle per hour. ⛰️ Còth de Varradòs (2,050 m) • ⛰️ Còth de Maubèrme (2,478 m) • ⛰️ Pòrt d'Urets (2,533 m) • ⛰️ Còth de Montoliu (2,491 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com