Breaking News - Race Report Stage 2 - Sao Tomé

Monte Café is the home of São Tomé’s first bottled water plant and our runners benefit from the pure, safe and delicious water from this plant. Did they have a good sleep in the kindergarten camp listening to the waterfalls nearby? Or they were awake from the excellent organic coffee of Monte Café?

The second stage of 30,8km of the GlobalLimits Saõ Tomé - The Hemisphere Crossings started at 6am local time this morning with a slight downhill jog in the lush jungle of Monte Café; and the runners also ran through several local villages and plantations where they (if they have the time) witnessed the local daily live of the locals. They passed several beautiful waterfalls before they arrived at the finish line in front of the botanical garden of Pousada Bombaim.

Due to the heavy rainfall earlier this year, the trail became muddy and was an addition challenge to tackle with.

Nathan Montague from the UK was first in 2:41hrs ahead of Saõ Tomé runner Duliê Fontes.

The top three ladies came in close again. Tanja Schönenborn from Germany took the first place with 3hrs 37m 44s and Harri Washington came in just 10 seconds later. Christina Khinast from Austria was just another 10seconds behind. It is a tight podium position race for these ladies.

Ineias Dias said he was still saving energy for the next stages, so we will wait and see his performance in the next stages! Nathan Montague from the UK commented on the lush trails and that energised him.

Tomorrow we starts to head south and will be arriving at the coast.

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