27 miles 5000ft ascent
This race starts at Chop Gate in the middle of the moors. I didn't know how I would feel so soon after the LDWA 100 so I took the first half steady. The race starts with a steep grassy hill with a couple of gates and stiles so I did push it at first to get as far forward in the queue as possible, but then I eased back.
I needed to get Carlton Bank, the 3 sisters and Clay bank out of the way as that was the worst of the climbing, the half marathoners and 10 km ers were soon mixed amongst us.As warm as it was it was boggy over the moors before the tracks over Bloworth. last year I was really struggling at this point but today it felt alot easier. There were however a couple more tough hills to negotiate before heading home. I was pleased to run a lot of what I had walked previously and so felt I was doing quite well.
IO ran into the hall and was pleasently surprised to find that my hard work had paid off and I was first FV50 and 40 minutes faster than last year.
