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Sunday Sep 9, 2018 #
10 AM
Running - Trail 4:21:02 [4] 33.57 km (7:47 / km) +2440m 5:42 / km
shoes: Xtalon 212 #10 (Roseberry)
Mountain Trial. 1st, ~13mins up on Jack Wood.
Felt pretty strong throughout, especially on the flats and downs. I faded on the ups later on but you've just got to plug away and I managed this successfully. There was a bit of mizzle and mist early on, then a bit of wind later. Was pretty spot on with the control finding with the exception of 8 where I dropped a few contours. RCs pretty good except getting a bit flustered at the map issue and taking an unnecessary detour around the tarn (and losing 1/3rd of my food in some bracken); and number 10, where I decided to cut a corner and ended up in nipple-deep bracken going "this is where you lose a race like this" to myself. So maybe 5 mins lost total. Bit right on 6 - got a bit confused.
Knew that if I could get sight of Jack (4mins ahead) early it would set me up well, though the earlier starters of andfall, tomtom and M Purkis were live threats, albeit of varying levels. Passing Steve B (twice!) early on was a boost (the first time). Spied Jack a couple of minutes ahead at 1 and closed the gap a bit on the technical ground over to 2. Once on the climb to deepdale he and bloke in white (turned out to be andfall after going walkabout to 2) climbed better and it was all I could do to slowly close the gap on a couple of randomers. However gap closed down to Dunmail. I then saw bugger all of them for the next few hours. Plopped into 6 just as I was starting to question myself. Caught I Embrey at 7 and took different routes. Stopped GPS at 8 as battery warning. Then a good hoof for home. Played my luck maybe a bit too much with the brackeny cut and the gorsey/brackeny route up to 10, but the later proved fine. Jack was maybe 45s ahead here but looking tired and I opened up a good gap with better lines and a strong run to the finish (SLMM d1 start helped here).
Pleased with the win and a name on a piece of fell running history, especially after last year's cancellation when I had a 10min lead with ~70mins racing left. However I'm well aware of the much better fellsmen, fell runners and orienteers who more deserve their name on the trophy but had to deal with the likes of J Naylor and W/G Bland.
http://www.sportident.co.uk/results/2018/LDMTA/
Had a bit of a sluggish patch in the heavy false flat around the back of calf crag at ~2.5h
Felt pretty strong throughout, especially on the flats and downs. I faded on the ups later on but you've just got to plug away and I managed this successfully. There was a bit of mizzle and mist early on, then a bit of wind later. Was pretty spot on with the control finding with the exception of 8 where I dropped a few contours. RCs pretty good except getting a bit flustered at the map issue and taking an unnecessary detour around the tarn (and losing 1/3rd of my food in some bracken); and number 10, where I decided to cut a corner and ended up in nipple-deep bracken going "this is where you lose a race like this" to myself. So maybe 5 mins lost total. Bit right on 6 - got a bit confused.
Knew that if I could get sight of Jack (4mins ahead) early it would set me up well, though the earlier starters of andfall, tomtom and M Purkis were live threats, albeit of varying levels. Passing Steve B (twice!) early on was a boost (the first time). Spied Jack a couple of minutes ahead at 1 and closed the gap a bit on the technical ground over to 2. Once on the climb to deepdale he and bloke in white (turned out to be andfall after going walkabout to 2) climbed better and it was all I could do to slowly close the gap on a couple of randomers. However gap closed down to Dunmail. I then saw bugger all of them for the next few hours. Plopped into 6 just as I was starting to question myself. Caught I Embrey at 7 and took different routes. Stopped GPS at 8 as battery warning. Then a good hoof for home. Played my luck maybe a bit too much with the brackeny cut and the gorsey/brackeny route up to 10, but the later proved fine. Jack was maybe 45s ahead here but looking tired and I opened up a good gap with better lines and a strong run to the finish (SLMM d1 start helped here).
Pleased with the win and a name on a piece of fell running history, especially after last year's cancellation when I had a 10min lead with ~70mins racing left. However I'm well aware of the much better fellsmen, fell runners and orienteers who more deserve their name on the trophy but had to deal with the likes of J Naylor and W/G Bland.
http://www.sportident.co.uk/results/2018/LDMTA/
Had a bit of a sluggish patch in the heavy false flat around the back of calf crag at ~2.5h
Friday Sep 7, 2018 #
11 AM
Running - Road 45:36 8.75 km (5:13 / km) +380m 4:17 / km
slept:8.5 shoes: Roclite 280 #2 Orange
Out to Whinlatter from Wythop for the ToB. 1st pass on the road, finish at the finish.
4 PM
Running - Road 41:20 8.96 km (4:37 / km) +174m 4:12 / km
shoes: Roclite 280 #2 Orange
Back. Thankfully met up with the family who had an extra layer and some food for me.
Legs and body felt very wooden running all day, but moving OK. Another day another BIlly Bland sighting, as well as a lesser spotted Chris Owens, the Brownes and Pennine's Litherlands.
Legs and body felt very wooden running all day, but moving OK. Another day another BIlly Bland sighting, as well as a lesser spotted Chris Owens, the Brownes and Pennine's Litherlands.
Thursday Sep 6, 2018 #
11 AM
Bike 10:51 [0] +25m
(rest day)
5.7km into Cockermouth to mooch around the ToB.
Everyone was crowding around the Team Sky bus (of course), I was more interested in spotting Billy Bland and witnessing an angry sausage dog
Everyone was crowding around the Team Sky bus (of course), I was more interested in spotting Billy Bland and witnessing an angry sausage dog
2 PM
Bike 8:39 [0] +74m
3.1km back
I managed to leave my key in the bike lock but my bike is so naff it was still there when I returned. However the rear tyre was flat. Managed to pump it up enough to get off the main road but from then it wasn't holding so I walked the rest.
I managed to leave my key in the bike lock but my bike is so naff it was still there when I returned. However the rear tyre was flat. Managed to pump it up enough to get off the main road but from then it wasn't holding so I walked the rest.
Wednesday Sep 5, 2018 #
4 PM
Running - Trail (P) 1:42:43 11.28 km (9:06 / km) +990m 6:20 / km
slept:8.5 shoes: Mudclaw Classic HBMR'17
Had a punter about Cautley spout. Short champs races can often leave me cold, but this looks cracking!
Some questioning with a guy I bumped in to as to where the 3rd CP will actually be - at the random spot-height (but probably actual summit, though difficult to be sure!) as shown on the map, or at the cairn which is a few 100m east.
Strava climb tallys better with map than AP calculation (1170m) - they are noramly quite close for me when on proper hills.
Some questioning with a guy I bumped in to as to where the 3rd CP will actually be - at the random spot-height (but probably actual summit, though difficult to be sure!) as shown on the map, or at the cairn which is a few 100m east.
Strava climb tallys better with map than AP calculation (1170m) - they are noramly quite close for me when on proper hills.
Tuesday Sep 4, 2018 #
S&C 10:00 [0]
5 PM
Running - Road 59:36 11.32 km (5:16 / km) +251m 4:44 / km
slept:8.5 shoes: La Sportiva Bushido
Back Tor and back with Fishfingers. Felt worn out all day but this seems to have sorted me out a bit.
Monday Sep 3, 2018 #
11 AM
Running - Trail (P) 2:46:36 [2] 22.26 km (7:29 / km) +796m 6:21 / km
slept:8.75 shoes: Mudclaw 300 'Classic' green
Parked up at King's tree and batted around Bleaklow etc. for a few hours. Mist rolled in as I approached Grinah stones, so at least losing my hat 30mins earlier didn't have pink-tinged consequences. Reversed a bit of the HPM route - badly - then struck out from the River Derwent to Outer edge before dropping down from Cut Gate.
Front loading this week a bit before Sunday's Big Dance.
Front loading this week a bit before Sunday's Big Dance.