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Sunday Nov 3, 2013 #
11 AM
Hill/Fell running 1:31:00 14.8 km (6:09 / km) +880m 4:44 / km
ahr:141 max:163
Great run from Alva up to Ben Ever, Ben Cleuch and Andrew Gannel Hill, then home via Tillicoultry with Rosco and Hunsie. Gorgeous day. Looking forward to more like this!
Saturday Nov 2, 2013 #
11 AM
Hill/Fell running race 48:47 9.1 km (5:22 / km) +660m 3:56 / km
ahr:170 max:176
First victory in Scottish hills at Dumyat Dash. Cold, wet and windy (normal?).
Couple of young guys went off fast, but I caught them at the top of the first climb and pushed on with one (looked about 15?) on the flatter track. Had about 15s lead there, and maybe 30s on 4th place. Then we turned off the track. The marshall said to aim right - straight into a wall of chest high bracken. Ran left a bit, then cut in. Waded for about 2 mins, then saw the guy in 4th cruising down a path 100m to my left! Was bit pissed off, and rejoined in 3rd, about 20-30s down on the guy who had been 4th. Caught him and the other guy half way up Dumyat, and took the lead again. Made it to the top about 5s before the others, and then launched off the top.
One of the guys (Andrew Norman) was an epic descender (at least better than me!), and so I tried valiantly to follow him down. We made a huge gap on the steeper rougher section, the others weren't in sight coming onto the path. Then my superior flat speed took me away from him along the narrow slippery path, but I was wary of his descending ability for the last bit down into town, so I tried to push on, and was maybe 15s ahead of him coming into the hairpins. Then I missed a small short-cut turning, only a couple of seconds, but it was enough for him to be back in, with only fast downhill running into the finish. Into the last bend he was on my shoulder, and with my legs feeling like jelly, I gave everything I had, almost tripped over the curve with 50m to go, and slid over the grass to the finish line - a small dip and I probably won by about 1/10th of a second - both of us went Klinsmanning over the wet grass behind the finish line - what an amazing race!
Hard to say if the course has changed (we certainly were marshalled a different way to the course map!), but by my watch, I missed Prasad's record by 2 seconds.
Couple of young guys went off fast, but I caught them at the top of the first climb and pushed on with one (looked about 15?) on the flatter track. Had about 15s lead there, and maybe 30s on 4th place. Then we turned off the track. The marshall said to aim right - straight into a wall of chest high bracken. Ran left a bit, then cut in. Waded for about 2 mins, then saw the guy in 4th cruising down a path 100m to my left! Was bit pissed off, and rejoined in 3rd, about 20-30s down on the guy who had been 4th. Caught him and the other guy half way up Dumyat, and took the lead again. Made it to the top about 5s before the others, and then launched off the top.
One of the guys (Andrew Norman) was an epic descender (at least better than me!), and so I tried valiantly to follow him down. We made a huge gap on the steeper rougher section, the others weren't in sight coming onto the path. Then my superior flat speed took me away from him along the narrow slippery path, but I was wary of his descending ability for the last bit down into town, so I tried to push on, and was maybe 15s ahead of him coming into the hairpins. Then I missed a small short-cut turning, only a couple of seconds, but it was enough for him to be back in, with only fast downhill running into the finish. Into the last bend he was on my shoulder, and with my legs feeling like jelly, I gave everything I had, almost tripped over the curve with 50m to go, and slid over the grass to the finish line - a small dip and I probably won by about 1/10th of a second - both of us went Klinsmanning over the wet grass behind the finish line - what an amazing race!
Hard to say if the course has changed (we certainly were marshalled a different way to the course map!), but by my watch, I missed Prasad's record by 2 seconds.
Trail/terrain running warm up/down 30:00 5.3 km (5:40 / km) +200m 4:46 / km
Friday Nov 1, 2013 #
Note
New month, new country, new training season.
I'm back baby
I'm back baby
4 PM
Road/track running 56:00 10.1 km (5:33 / km) +200m 5:03 / km
ahr:113 max:143
Moved up to Stirling last night, spent most of the day unpacking, moving furniture, shopping etc, but it was a lovely day, so F and I went for a light jog around town via castle and monument.