Langdale
Wet as. Loaned Barbie all my spare kit, and had to bu some socks as Id forgotten mine. Climb strung us out to a clear front 4, me, Jack Wood, Josh and Jebby. I was relaxed about routefinding - fancied my chances.
Uneventful over to Esk Hause, Jack and Josh meandering a bit (Josh had apparently reccied!?).
Jack and Josh pushed along faster on the traverse, and disappeared inot the mist. Bad line as I couldnt really see in the rain, and ended up a bit low, losing a few minutes to those guys, with Jebby as my shadow.
Dropped him down to 3 Tarns then took a risky racing line which despite my efforts ended up too low and had a long climb to approach from an odd angle. Didnt lose any time to Jack and Josh but apparently Joe Mann etc were a minute behind here.
Safely down the Bad Step, told I was in 3rd so pushed on steadily to Blisco - couldnt see anyone ahead so thought they mustve pulled out a big gap given my fucking about in the mist.
Summited having looked back and seen some folk about a minute back (was JEBBY AND Joe Mann), and was then told by vic I was leading!? I told her this was unlikely, but decided to push it down to the cattlegrid and ask them.
Aquaplaned a few times on way down here, seriously greased up! Confirmed to be in the lead so took a nice victory. Josh and Jack blew a 3 minute lead after the Bad Step by going WAY too far right. Pulled out the minute advantage on Blisco to nearly 3 minutes by the finish.
Great fun, just a wet day basically. Driving home was interesting though. Glute very sore by the end.
Resluts
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