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Saturday Feb 10, 2018 #
Running - Trail race (Windy Hill) 1:12:13 [5] 14.31 km (5:03 / km) +479m 4:19 / km
ahr:153 max:174 shoes: X-Talon 225 (July 2017)
21st/202
http://my3.raceresult.com/83267/results?lang=en#1_...
Very aptly named race. Sustained wind for basically the entire race - to the extent that when running downhill I couldn't blink fast enough to keep the water out of my eyes to be able to see well enough to run at full speed - I think this is the first time that's ever happened. Drizzle throughout, low vis at the top which didn't matter since it was very well flagged and marshalled. Wet - where the Pennine Way was flagged it was the Pennine River. Also all the puddles on the moor had a thin layer of ice. Basically not PB conditions.
Fast start along tracks for the about 5k before started being a fell race - but then got a bit hardcore in the second half. Very muddy downhill. Overtook a group of 4 on the hill who then took me back on the flat and who I couldn't catch on the downhill - This is totally backwards. All finished less than a minute ahead though, so I must have been catching them.
I enjoyed this despite the conditions - it's amazing how it felt so remote despite crossing the motorway 4 times, partly because of the wind. Definitely feel like wind is more of a weakness for me than hills.
Turned out it was very cold.someone had hypothermia at the end.
http://my3.raceresult.com/83267/results?lang=en#1_...
Very aptly named race. Sustained wind for basically the entire race - to the extent that when running downhill I couldn't blink fast enough to keep the water out of my eyes to be able to see well enough to run at full speed - I think this is the first time that's ever happened. Drizzle throughout, low vis at the top which didn't matter since it was very well flagged and marshalled. Wet - where the Pennine Way was flagged it was the Pennine River. Also all the puddles on the moor had a thin layer of ice. Basically not PB conditions.
Fast start along tracks for the about 5k before started being a fell race - but then got a bit hardcore in the second half. Very muddy downhill. Overtook a group of 4 on the hill who then took me back on the flat and who I couldn't catch on the downhill - This is totally backwards. All finished less than a minute ahead though, so I must have been catching them.
I enjoyed this despite the conditions - it's amazing how it felt so remote despite crossing the motorway 4 times, partly because of the wind. Definitely feel like wind is more of a weakness for me than hills.
Turned out it was very cold.someone had hypothermia at the end.
Running - Trail race (Parkrun - Lyme Park) 20:52 [5] 5.0 km (4:10 / km) +144m 3:39 / km
ahr:149 max:156 shoes: X-Talon 212 (May 17)
1st.
This race was in our winter club champs so I thought I'd go for it. Actually I would have anyway. But the last time I was here I decided that I needed to really destroy the hill at the start and then try and hang on. This was definitely the right tactic for this parkrun. But the conditions were extremely bad - light rain (which was fine) but massively windy, lost about a minute on the last km uphill directly towards it. I think the guy behind was catching, but I was a long way ahead. We'll never know how much though, since the timing system broke!
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/lymepark/results/weeklyr...
This race was in our winter club champs so I thought I'd go for it. Actually I would have anyway. But the last time I was here I decided that I needed to really destroy the hill at the start and then try and hang on. This was definitely the right tactic for this parkrun. But the conditions were extremely bad - light rain (which was fine) but massively windy, lost about a minute on the last km uphill directly towards it. I think the guy behind was catching, but I was a long way ahead. We'll never know how much though, since the timing system broke!
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/lymepark/results/weeklyr...