2016四大極地 第三站 – 智利阿他加馬高原沙漠 250KM
【Atacama Crossing 250KM – D3】
250公里7日賽進入第3天，被選手及大會認定為最艱難的賽道，就是D3的39.9公里：地質極度粉碎、表面鹽質脆乾且空心，就像冷凍的花椰菜“frozen broccoli”一樣，腳一踩下去是會塌陷的，難以著力也無任何踩踏反饋，非常難跑，還有許多高高低低的斜陡沙丘，一路上很吃腳力，下肢力量的運用技巧對選手來說是一大考驗。
彥博今日凌晨傳回消息：「昨日半夜睡在帳篷內非常地冷，凌晨三點我被冷醒、難以入眠…；今天的比賽很困難，剛開始的25公里，6位男選手集團式前進，想要超越我取得好位置。起跑時覺得很疲累，前兩天的乳酸累積和睡眠不足，讓我一開始速度拉不開。
但我咬緊牙告訴自己堅持信念，一步一步跑起來，和德國選手Ben一起前進，到了25公里處和前方集團選手會合，開始多位選手的拉鋸戰，每個人都想取得領先。」
「最後4.9公里我發動攻勢，急起直追其他選手，第一位回到終點， 目前完成前三站，加油！我會堅持到底！」
彥博以4小時40分完成最艱難的路程，保持排名第一，明天準備以穩定速度前進，為後續的D5 Long Day做好備戰。彥博加油！連日賽會比較辛苦，一定要安全順利完賽！
明日D4賽道為44公里，總爬升155M,下降294M.海拔高度在 2,650到2,350米之間。
[高海拔地區會增加乳酸排除的難度、全球最乾燥的沙漠也讓選手隨時有脫水的危險。所以智利阿他加馬高原沙漠賽，被認為是四大極地賽中最難的一場]
大家一起為彥博加油加油加油！
4 October 2016, Stage 3
Stage 3 is arguably the toughest stage of the course. It has five checkpoints - including the final one which is at Camp 4 – Volcan Licancabur. The total distance of Stage 3 is 39.9 km / 24.9 miles – less distance than yesterday but over some very tough terrain including the dreaded “frozen broccoli” and a lot of sand with a section of steep dunes (not as high as yesterday but more of them). The total elevation gain today is 281 meters and 150 meters down.
Tommy Chen of Taiwan was the first competitors across the finish line to Camp 4, today’s Stage 3 is anticipated to be the toughest and Tommy Chen and Ben Dame agreed that there were many difficult sections, the worst ones being the endless fields of salt terrain, “frozen broccoli” as well as the sand dunes in the last 10 kilometers.
However the tough terrain didn't stop the front runners finisihing in excellent times. In the end it was Tommy Chen from Taiwan 1st in 4 hrs 40 mins with Ben Dame from Germany and Jax Mariash Koudele from Canada / United States just minutes behind. Flemming Wewer from Denmark finished an impressive 6th today in 5 hours and 9 mins.
