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Wednesday Jul 25, 2012 #
5 PM
Cycle (Bishop Monkton to NYM) 2:15:00 [3] 61.1 km (2:13 / km) +300m 2:09 / km
Long ride out the fell race from Chop Gate over from Clay Bank. Have been averaging about 30kph on short road rides recently so was pretty pleased to do 60k in 2.15 with a steep climb at the end. Thought the dual carriageway was going to be hell but once I got going it was alright.
7 PM
Fell Race race (Cock Howe and Beyond) 44:30 [4] 11.3 km (3:56 / km) +460m 3:16 / km
Set off to ride there a bit later than I would have liked but had 25mins once I got there which I thought would be okay but had to faff around a bit entering and getting changed so only had time for a very short and uncomfortable post-cycling jog round the car-park.
Set off with a lap of the car park to spread people out then started to climb the hill. The route was steep then gradual up to Cock Howe then a gradual down, gradual up and flat-ish loop round the fell top before dropping off the way we came up.
Was near the front from the start but didn't want to rush off seeing as I didn't know the course but got a bit tired of holding back so upped the pace and hoped some faster guys would follow. One guy did and we pulled out a gap on the rest of the field, he was in front, going a little faster than I wanted and at one point he got a way a little but I held the gap to the top. He didn't know the route either so maybe could have pushed on a bit more.
Got ahead on the next down but not by much and he passed me pretty soon after we crossed the stream from down to up and onto a hard north york moors track. Totally didn't feel I could run fast and he steamed ahead while I had a few lazy walks. Wanted to try and catch up on the flat part along ridge so I could be in-touch for the descent but he'd probably got a good 4-500m on me and all I could do was maintain the distance. Never saw him on the descent. 2nd +2.47.
Wasn't an amazing run but I was pleased how I'd follow him on the first climb at a faster pace than I'd have gone at on my own (good for Thursday). Definitely would have been faster with some strides/sprint in the warm-up and some intervals at the weekend but I did have a cold.
Set off with a lap of the car park to spread people out then started to climb the hill. The route was steep then gradual up to Cock Howe then a gradual down, gradual up and flat-ish loop round the fell top before dropping off the way we came up.
Was near the front from the start but didn't want to rush off seeing as I didn't know the course but got a bit tired of holding back so upped the pace and hoped some faster guys would follow. One guy did and we pulled out a gap on the rest of the field, he was in front, going a little faster than I wanted and at one point he got a way a little but I held the gap to the top. He didn't know the route either so maybe could have pushed on a bit more.
Got ahead on the next down but not by much and he passed me pretty soon after we crossed the stream from down to up and onto a hard north york moors track. Totally didn't feel I could run fast and he steamed ahead while I had a few lazy walks. Wanted to try and catch up on the flat part along ridge so I could be in-touch for the descent but he'd probably got a good 4-500m on me and all I could do was maintain the distance. Never saw him on the descent. 2nd +2.47.
Wasn't an amazing run but I was pleased how I'd follow him on the first climb at a faster pace than I'd have gone at on my own (good for Thursday). Definitely would have been faster with some strides/sprint in the warm-up and some intervals at the weekend but I did have a cold.