Everest marathon 20th November

Today was a rest day so a later start but very cold until the sun came over the hill at 7.30. We did a bit of washing and then set off for a walk up the nearby hill. A larger group had gone ahead earlier so we followed them up. Once on the ridge we had a lovely grassy path up to a cliff. Along the path there were lots of prayer flags and cairns.  The cliffs were at 4600m but some of us pushed on up to a better view at 4800m. We were with some of the younger runners and they decided to run down.  I jogged down until I caught up with Menai. We had a great lunch with home made spring rolls. in the afternoon we went up to the Machermo Rescue centre for a talk and to met the volunteer doctors. We were back in time for tea and a fantastic buffalo burger. It was an early night because we had a 5.45am start the next morning. Menai had a decent night even if she woke with a puffy face but I had a bad night I think.