Everest marathon 17th November

We had to get up quite early to get packed and down to breakfast. Menai was feeling much better this morning. The morning was a recce run of about 10k along the marathon route to Thamo. Some people ran it and others walked. I ran and was quite pleased with how it went and seem to be quite acclimatised to this altitude.  Mind you running 10k in 80 minutes is not going to break any records.  Menai walked it and was in good form making her feel confident about possibly walking the race in two weeks. There is a huge variation in ability for the race with some really good runners here. The route was really nice taking us through woods and villages that were a lot less touristy than the Namche area. On getting back to Namche I was able to have a shower before retreating to the Everest Bakery for some lunch. I met up with a "full of beans Menai" there before we all set off for our next camp in Khumjung. This was a 3 hour walk along the marathon route on good tracks some of it was being maintained by locals as we walked.  Our kit bags and tents were carried to our camp site on yaks which arrived about the same time as us in the evening. It clouded over so we only had limited views and it got a lot colder. There was a final one hour climb up to Khumjung that I had to do twice because I left my water bottle in a tea house.  On arrival in Khumjung we were allocated tents and then it was time to settle in before tea and biscuits in a lodge near the tent. We had dhal bhat  and chicken for supper followed by games of cards and pick up sticks. It was a cold night with frost on the inside of the tent. We both had to get up during the night to go to the loo but we both slept on and off.