Decision the night before was whether to catch the last ferry to Cres, climb a 350m hill in the rain and get a hotel by 2am or stay put, sleep by 11pm and catch the morning ferry and start racing at 630am Day 3. Decided to rest. Once on the island I pushed my hardest of the race and completed the circumnavigation in 3.5hrs making the next ferry to the mainland by 4min. To my surprise ALL the race leaders except first and second we’re on that ferry too. Walking to the bow of the boat, I was briefly in 3rd place overall. Once on the Istrian Peninsula, it began raining and we battled 70kph winds. 1,400m 4.5hr climb, of which I walked 7km of it, destroyed me. I had emptied the tank on the island and had nothing left for the rest of the day. Eventually limped into a village and took a hotel before the next rains came. Started the day 20th place, briefly 3rd and went to sleep 18th. ⛰️ Vojak (1,401 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com