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Chasing mountain goat legs.

Ultra-trail racing, sports physiology, and high-altitude pacing tactics. Documenting the endurance journey from Timișoara to alpine peaks through rigorous Z2 aerobic discipline, laboratory bloodwork, and mountain telemetry.

Puglia by UTMB — CUT50

Castellaneta to Castellaneta Marina · Puglia, Italy

Official time

7:35:08

Overall

353/518

M45–49

34/50

270/384 men · 53.791km · +1,064m official timing points

Next A-race · Mar 14, 2027 Roma Marathon Rome, Italy

Sub-3:30 goal ~4:59/km

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Puglia CUT50 checkpoint evidence

Comparison gaps are to the runner who finished 25th in M45-49.

Grotte di Sileno: 16.063 km, elapsed 2:34:19, passage rank 475, comparison gap 0:43.
Relais San Giovanni: 27.398 km, elapsed 4:15:15, passage rank 442, comparison gap 17:03.
Nafoura: 40.902 km, elapsed 5:58:35, passage rank 411, comparison gap 18:53.
Finish timing point: 53.791 km, elapsed 7:35:08, passage rank 358, comparison gap 27:55.

The Sileno to San Giovanni leg gained 327 m. Its comparison gap increased by 16:20. These observations do not establish a cause. Finish passage rank 358 and final leaderboard rank 353/518 are different records.

Official timing: 53.791 km / +1,064 m. Watch: 52.86 km / +920 m. GPX-derived metadata: 53.4 km / +1,002 m. Keep the sources separate.

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Roma Marathon: 14 March 2027, sub-3:30 stretch goal, assessed through separate road-race checkpoints.