Fell running race 36:15 [5] 7.3 km (4:58 / km) +425m 3:51 / km
shoes: Solomon S-Lab Sense 6
Hodgsons Leg 1
Set off as per and ended up in the lead with Joe as we ran along the road. Finally John Batrick and Sam Stead come around us and we tucked in. It felt very sedate. Hit the fell path and was worried I was going to start heading backwards as had Calder in close behind. We closed back up towards Keswick though and pulled away from everyone else.
By the top of valley above the Hause we were about 15s back but took the wider line at the top and dropped to about 1min back. Struggled a little on the second gradual pull to the gap in the wall and then lost confidence early on on the descent so lost a little more time. Hit the path and tried to put everything in, legs suffering on the compressions.