Tour of Fife - 'Forest Frenzy' Multi-Terrain Race

Sun August 3 2008
Listed by cake muncher
Entrants (9) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
_andy Had to hurry back to get some of those cakes at Strathmiglo Hall, so went as fast as I could for this one. Had a great run, with nasty steep bits (even some nifty walking at the steep top section of the path) followed by some lunatic sprinting down the trail in the forest. Had a great view of the leading ladies battle, as the first three passed me on the uphill path. I caught up with them, all three spread across the path, on the descent, which is my strong area, since I have both gravity (more than most) and long legs on my side. I cautiously barged my way between Helen and Morgan (they clearly weren't thinking about anyone passing them, and hadn't noticed the ground shaking) and plummeted onwards. They both bounced elegantly past me at EXACTLY the same uphill point on lap two a little later (I graciously let them pass on the slightly muddier side of the path), but it was now just the two of them, although Jennifer cruised path me later on the tarmac section and finished a few seconds in front of me. Chuffed to bits to have picked up three places in the overall Tour from this race and don't even mind that one of these was by default. What a great few days. Kinross Road Runners 29:58 34:17 33:13 64.75
Baza I'm going to predict my time here - yep it'll be 2 seconds more than what my watch says :-)) *Update* Alas I was proved wrong today - it was only 1 second...lol. Good run, started steady and picked it up, even manged to runup the hill 1st time round. Lost contact with couple of runners in front on the way down and round, caught them again on the hill and made sure I never lost the ground going down the 2nd time. Last half mile was terrible, lost all energy, but held on till the finish. Good Tour - 19th overall. Well done Cake Muncher & the rest of the Fife AC mob. Carnegie Harriers 28:15 29:59 31:19 67.39
cake muncher Running on an empty tank today but dreaming about the cake-fest kept me going. Falkland Trail Runners 25:06 27:05 29:20 76.66
Caniggia33 Unaffiliated 30:24 30:59 34:35 60.92
Fat Boy Pleased enough with today's final stage although my calf's were mighty tight for the first couple of miles. Overall finished 38th / 130 finishers in this year's tour. Overall this is a super event and well done to all at Fife AC for organising the series. Carnegie Harriers 25:55 31:00 33:26 65.70
Lea VEGAN RUNNERS UK 40:35 44:03 54.22
loopy loved the tour...hated the uphill time trial. would love to try it all again next year ! Stornoway R & AC 39:40 41:58 57.46
SueW That was another toughie! Not too bad on a normal race but hard after the previous 4 days. Still, I really pushed myself on the downhills to (almost) the point of squealing! I'm even worse on down hills (relatively) than uphills. Overall, I've enjoyed the whole thing and will definitely do it again. Thank you everyone at Fife AC. Carnegie Harriers 38:44 40:38 44:22 58.18
Tiny Runner Fife AC 29:12 40:15 59.21

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