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Saturday Jul 20, 2013 #
2 PM
Fell Race (Waun Fach race) 50:18 [3] 9.5 km (5:18 / km) +610m 4:00 / km
Got a lift with Mark and Alice from Newport so no riding this time. Had to borrow lots of kit...
Great medium race. Runnable climb, awesome views and and interesting descent - apart from that hill at the end.
Not the strongest field but some surefooted guy went off fairly fast at the start but did a lot of walking. After passing him lead for the middle third of the way to the first checkpoint before a Swansea guy who'd been shadowing me (and doing his first fellrace) came past and pulled away a bit.
Got to the CP and was thinking I hadn't had much 'fight' recently when it came to racing, being a bit weak, although been kicking quite well in training. Decided I'd get him back. Had about 3k to do it before the real descent so did push on maybe a little harder then necessary and got back with him well before the final little climb to the summit.
Pulled away along the top of the fell to CP3 and again on the lush descent. Grassy with a few testing steeper rocky bits now and then. Maybe put too much effort in at the bottom of the penultimate ridge hill trying to impress some walkers. The little climb to the finish was killer. [1st / 50.18]
New course. Conditions underfoot were perfect if slightly warm out. If you were fit could put a serious time down.
Great medium race. Runnable climb, awesome views and and interesting descent - apart from that hill at the end.
Not the strongest field but some surefooted guy went off fairly fast at the start but did a lot of walking. After passing him lead for the middle third of the way to the first checkpoint before a Swansea guy who'd been shadowing me (and doing his first fellrace) came past and pulled away a bit.
Got to the CP and was thinking I hadn't had much 'fight' recently when it came to racing, being a bit weak, although been kicking quite well in training. Decided I'd get him back. Had about 3k to do it before the real descent so did push on maybe a little harder then necessary and got back with him well before the final little climb to the summit.
Pulled away along the top of the fell to CP3 and again on the lush descent. Grassy with a few testing steeper rocky bits now and then. Maybe put too much effort in at the bottom of the penultimate ridge hill trying to impress some walkers. The little climb to the finish was killer. [1st / 50.18]
New course. Conditions underfoot were perfect if slightly warm out. If you were fit could put a serious time down.