Llanthony Show AS 1100ft

Sat August 2 2008
Listed by Hanneke
Entrants (1) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
Hanneke Llanthony Fell race... 6 kms, 1200 ft ish  Great little race, as it is an old fashioned fell race attached to the local show! Managed to stay ahead of two senior women who are normally behind me, well, actually, I overtook them! Was surprised to stay with them on the ascent, must be getting stronger at last, then managed to get past them along the ridge. Felt a bit uncomfortable and was wondering why, until I looked at my Garmin and saw I was running 4.13 min/k which is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay fast for me! I don't even run that fast on the road when it is flat and this was ever so slightly uphill to the trigpoint along Offa's Dyke path! I wanted to get ahead of them, as I knew the ascent was steep, rocky and muddy in places and along a very narrow sheep trod... I can run quite well on that and did not want to get stuck behind them!

Managed to stay ahead until just before we hit the fields, where I got overtaken by one of the ladies that had been breathing down my neck for a while. However, I managed to get ahead of her again on a steep bit of field, where my skipping technique paid its dividends :-)

Think I was 4th lady and 1st female vet, but they only give a prize to first male and first female, no presentation or anything, so have to wait until the organiser e-mails me the results to see exactly where I was in the field.

Also been asked to race in the national fell relays for the club, which I am chuffed about  so all in all a great day    races like this really are the best! Good weather, great company, great scenery :-) :-) :-)

Legs now tingle with nettle sting, are scratched by gorse and thistles and even my arms are scratched as we had to run through 5ft high bracken on the ascent!!! Legs nicely covered in mud and blood, that is how it should be at the end of a fell race  The ankle held out ok, although it is still slightly stiff and unstable after twisting it coming off Pen-y-fan two weeks ago. :-) FELL PONIES, Black Mountains MBO 55:22 55:22 44:58 38.76

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