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Thursday Jul 25, 2019 #
7 PM
Running - Trail race (Stoney Middleton) 39:17 [5] 8.6 km (4:34 / km) +248m 4:00 / km
ahr:148 max:156 (injured) shoes: Inov-8 Roclite 290 (blue)
Hottest July day in the UK thus far, so seemed a good evening for a race.
Tough conditions. Went pretty fast round the field at the start to be ahead of the inevitable queue at the gate - that worked well. Plenty of people came past up the high street (steepest high street in Britain, apparently), but as the climb went on and on, got most of them back again.
At the top terrain changed from road to stony track, fairly technical. Continued undulating for another mile or so. Then grassy descent into the dale before coming out at a T junction with no sign...stopped for 15s or so and asked the guy behind me who said he thought it was right... Turned right but then gradually ran slower and slower, chatting about how I thought it was probably wrong - before eventually seeing a marshal and so able to speed up again. Short up and final down into the finish. Maybe could've caught up one place without the issue.
Dealt pretty well with the heat I think. Definitely a trail rather than a fell race; probably would go elsewhere next year (there was a clash with Brassington so maybe there).
No ill effects from Joss :)
Tough conditions. Went pretty fast round the field at the start to be ahead of the inevitable queue at the gate - that worked well. Plenty of people came past up the high street (steepest high street in Britain, apparently), but as the climb went on and on, got most of them back again.
At the top terrain changed from road to stony track, fairly technical. Continued undulating for another mile or so. Then grassy descent into the dale before coming out at a T junction with no sign...stopped for 15s or so and asked the guy behind me who said he thought it was right... Turned right but then gradually ran slower and slower, chatting about how I thought it was probably wrong - before eventually seeing a marshal and so able to speed up again. Short up and final down into the finish. Maybe could've caught up one place without the issue.
Dealt pretty well with the heat I think. Definitely a trail rather than a fell race; probably would go elsewhere next year (there was a clash with Brassington so maybe there).
No ill effects from Joss :)