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Gobi March (2026) blog posts from Nick Bartlett

21 June 2026 09:32 pm (GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar

Well, that was a shock to the system. It always amazes me that you put yourself in front of as many scenarios as possible before you do these things and still there is nothing that prepares you.
 
Firstly, we all made it. We’re here in beautiful Mongolia, being awed by the size, the rawness, the reality of its vast emptiness and its amazing people. 
 
I’ve just got into camp 2 having completed the 41km’s set out for us today. It was not a kind entry to the rest of the week. Rolling hills turning into steep ascents that slapped me round the face and told me to wake up and pay attention. Then a flat bit, nice, i thought of the racing snake Olaf Westernack who would have eaten it up but then a salty swamp with hillocks you had to skip over. Next, a mongolian graveyard (which was cool) but then rolling climbs, never delivering the sweat release of a finish line……i could have cried when I saw it (always get emosh doing these things). 
 
Lots of running wildlife. I actually saw three beetles rolling some dung along (a first for me) locusts and lizards buzzed out my way but the eagles, when I got to the summit of the big climb were the coolest (even though at first i thought they were vultures, judging that i was clearly on my last legs and circling with anticipation. 
 
A few things to change up for tomorrow but hopefully my running brain will be fully charged and ready to go.
 
(Love to Jess, Joe, Dot & Kit on Fathers day - thanks for my cards gang, that got me going too - see emosh!)

 

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