Everest marathon 26th November

It was really very cold in the morning until the sun rose over Ama Dhablam. As it was a rest day timings were quite relaxed. In the morning we headed up the ridge above the camp at 9.30. At the top of the ridge Menai continued with the main group whilst I decided to follow the top ridge path to Dungla which is a refreshment post on the race day. I then ran down the race route back to Pheriche. The route is stony, wet and muddy but on race day it will probably be icy! After lunch we had a lie down as we were a bit tired before heading off down the valley to make sure we knew the best route from Pheriche on race day. In the evening we had a bit of a sing song and dance with the sherpas and porters.  Surprisingly we both slept very well despite the cold and dogs barking.  The campsite was pretty awful really with yak dung all over the place and smoke from numerous yak dung burning fires.