and uneven. Although it is mostly covered in a soft layer of snow, there are areas of highly polished ice that create conditions similar to an ice-rink. Strong winds may often add to the already bitingly cold temperature and provide serious resistance to progress across the Lake.
Baikal Ice Marathon is both psychologically and physically demanding. The utterly featureless landscape gives little or no sense of perspective to competitors, offering them nothing to focus on but how far they are from their goal. It is a long, cold, lonely 42.2 km trail across the barren white landscape, where progress is marked only by checkpoints positioned at 5 km intervals..
WOW, not many races get 5 shoes all around! I'm equal parts amazed and impressed that you conquered this, and what a wild (and dangerous) time it must have been, even without the — hurricane?? And so much colder than even Antarctica, where it was only –5 degrees Celsius when we ran. Not sure I'd want to run 13 miles in so many layers, but still I'm definitely intrigued — and your headline says it all. Congrats on joining a very select group of runners, and thanks for the awesome review!
