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Saturday Aug 4, 2012 #
Event: Borrowdale
11 AM
Running - Trail race 3:36:22 [4] 26.77 km (8:05 / km) +2101m 5:48 / km
slept:7.0 shoes: X-talon 212 (2)
Winner: Ricky Lightfoot 2:49:20 (45th place, 128%).
So I got my top 50, and while I'm not disappointed per sey with my run, I know it could have been much better. In summary - first 2 hours fantastic, the rest, not so much. I drank a lot of water.
I was really tired beforehand, a wonder I stayed awake for the journey over. However, with people like Oli (new dad) and Nicky (week after an 18hr BG) I don't think I have much of a leg to stand on here.
Started steady on the flat and ground it out up Bessyboot. Then hit my stride on the long drag over towards Esk Hause, working my way through groups. Got a real boost at Esk Hause taking on some water from dave and powered over Ill Crag and Broad Crag to Scafell. I took a bit of a dodgy line off the top as I don't know it and was caught by 3 on the scree (never really done scree before). Felt good on the corridor route and went through Gavin Bland like he wasn't there, a big mental boost.
Again good support at Styhead from Will and the crowds. Pulled away from a group up Gable but then the wheels weren't as lubricated as they were previously. 4 came past but only 1 got away. Stuck in with the 3, including Mark from Glossopdale and Ed from CheshireHR round the runnable line west of Brandreth. Hit Honister feeling OK, but could do nothing but grind. A few came through me, including the first to lasses (Jasmin pulled away at about the same time she did at Wasdale), but there were others having a much worse time of it than me.
The descent off Dale Head was the worst I have ever gone downhill and I managed to get stuck in some quarries as well.
I feel that, when fresh, I could happily keep up the effort from the first 2 hours. Learnt a lot and a great day out!
So I got my top 50, and while I'm not disappointed per sey with my run, I know it could have been much better. In summary - first 2 hours fantastic, the rest, not so much. I drank a lot of water.
I was really tired beforehand, a wonder I stayed awake for the journey over. However, with people like Oli (new dad) and Nicky (week after an 18hr BG) I don't think I have much of a leg to stand on here.
Started steady on the flat and ground it out up Bessyboot. Then hit my stride on the long drag over towards Esk Hause, working my way through groups. Got a real boost at Esk Hause taking on some water from dave and powered over Ill Crag and Broad Crag to Scafell. I took a bit of a dodgy line off the top as I don't know it and was caught by 3 on the scree (never really done scree before). Felt good on the corridor route and went through Gavin Bland like he wasn't there, a big mental boost.
Again good support at Styhead from Will and the crowds. Pulled away from a group up Gable but then the wheels weren't as lubricated as they were previously. 4 came past but only 1 got away. Stuck in with the 3, including Mark from Glossopdale and Ed from CheshireHR round the runnable line west of Brandreth. Hit Honister feeling OK, but could do nothing but grind. A few came through me, including the first to lasses (Jasmin pulled away at about the same time she did at Wasdale), but there were others having a much worse time of it than me.
The descent off Dale Head was the worst I have ever gone downhill and I managed to get stuck in some quarries as well.
I feel that, when fresh, I could happily keep up the effort from the first 2 hours. Learnt a lot and a great day out!