Team 180 captain Jeff Bockhorn filled us in on what happened to St. Louisan Zac Freudenburg in the World Mountain Running Championships on April 26 in England. Here’s a synopsis:

The week before the championships, Zac was a member of the winning team in the River to River Relay, held in Southern Illinois and stretching about 80 miles from the Mississippi to the Ohio River. At River to River, Zac strained, pulled or did something to his hamstring.

He managed to lead the world championships through the first checkpoint but said the course was tough, traversing three peaks. He felt his hamstring tighten and slowed signicantly on the downhills.

Freudenburg told Bockhorn that parts of the course were ankle-deep or knee-deep in mudd.

“I wasn’t prepared for that,” was Zac’s comment to Bockhorn.

So, he didn’t finish.

Bockhorn reports that Freudenburg will compete in two more mountain challenges this year, one with the USA team and the other on the Pike’s Peak ascent.