3 peaks race- Started off slow as I didn't want to go out too hard and then die like I often do. It was harder going up flagstaff than I though and I had to walk some of the steeper sections. Took 46:03 minutes (6km) to the top of Flagstaff and was about 6 minutes down on Riki and 2min on Ryan.
Felt much better going up Swampy and didnt have to stop and walk. Took 29.46 to reach Swampy so total time 1:15.49.(11km) I caught up to Ryan at the top of Swampy.I ran a good pace down the hill and past 6 or 7 people along the way. Although some girl flew past me to my surprise however, I caught her up when it started going up hill again. Start of the climb up Mt Cargill was tough, going through step farmland and through gorse, ended up walking most of it. It then got to a forest section that kept on going, I ran the flat parts and walked the steep parts. Eventually popped out onto the road and it turned out the summit was much closer than I though. Howver, it was still took a bit of effort to reach the summit, I managed to past about 10 people on the climb up Mt. Cargill.It took 1:01.29 from swampy to Mt Cargill so 2:16.58 total time (20.5km)
It was all downhill to the finish and I made good speed down the hill which seemed to keep on going. I was all by myself the whole way down and was starting to wonder where everyone was but once I got onto the flat people appeared again and I managed to past 6 or 7 people including Jack Vincent. The finish came a bit earlier than I expected but I had a good sprint finish and past 3 people in doing so. Took 26.51 from top of Mt. Cargill to the finish to give a total time of 2:43.50.
I was pretty happy with the run overall and managed to pace it well. For the first half I was in a similar group of people but on the second half I past quite a few people as they tired. I possibly could have gone a bit harder up Mt. Cargill but it was hard to judge how much there was to go. I am definitely keen to run the race again next year, hopefully with a bit more practice I can drop that time down.
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