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Lovely run but made me a bit late! KRR club meet at 09:00 on a Sunday, which should be good, because even a 2.5 or 3 hour run plus the 15 min drive home and I should be back by 12:30 plenty time for shower and to get out to cars by 13:00. But 5 min yack, 10 min drive, 3:45 run for 11 miles and I was somewhat late. However, was worth it for learning new routes and trying something different. Only 4 of us there, Geoff, a new chap Toby, Norman and I. Geoff and Toby went a flat route. Norman and I prefer hills. Norman is 83 so goes a bit slower. But I thought 6-8 or so with him and another 6 or so by myself would be ideal. But he was up for 10, so I knew it would take a bit longer. I said I had never been up from Kinesswood, so he would show me that way in. I suggested two cars so I could add a bit on separately to him and he was fine with that. Also, it's more direct home for me from that side. We parked at Portmoak primary school in Kinesswood, and it is fairly obvious marked path up. There's a fork half way where we went right. It had been very wet, was completely overcast, but warm and pleasant. The higher we went the worse the visibility got. By the top of White Craigs (or is it Macduff Hill?) and the golf ball (radar listening point) you couldn't see 100 metres. So much for nice views! Tough climb, but rewarded with lovely descent in the trees towards West Feal farm. Then cut cross country, eventually landing back at the path just by Harperleas reservoir. Now way I could tell you how though! From there we went Craigmead, base of West Lomond, back to Boundary Stone then through the gate and back up on to Bishop Hill. Much further still to go along and eventually down than I thought. Anyway, great route, lovely scenery and good chat. Climbing is good for me - extra leg training, less impact. Need to up the miles a bit though. Saturday I was going to parkrun or at least support, but woke up late. Went to help Mum with broadband. Took about 5 hours! Then home and cut grass, for a short time it was dry. Lots to do clearing house for family visits, but not going to stress about it. Filming MrsS(rrr)'s horse training for her evaluations was more important. Wee car driving was fun. We had a Barbie again, despite threatening bad weather. My ball diff rebuild during week (which David McL did for me) resulted in a completely slipping transmission. Fortunately the collective wisdom at club sussed it - one washer on the thrust race is 3.2mm and the other is 3.0mm. Get them the wrong way round and the screw in the thrust race just spins! Spotted by Dom, changed by David McL and sorted! Lots more advice to change tyres, turn down steering, move battery position. I ad been driving quite well in quali but stuffed it up in final. Only 3 of us doing 2WD but if I could have beaten Alistair Mcl in A final I'd have been really happy. All good fun though! G

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 39:31(39:31/m) 110/150bpm 293cal 1.52/5.59mph
2) 1m - 15:45(15:45/m) 120/156bpm 122cal 3.81/6.49mph
3) 0.03m - 26(12:40/m) 112/118bpm 2cal 4.73/5.59mph
4) 1m - 19:46(19:46/m) 112/131bpm 114cal 3.04/8.14mph
5) 1m - 16:27(16:27/m) 110/123bpm 107cal 3.65/7.51mph
6) 1m - 14:30(14:30/m) 118/138bpm 110cal 4.14/6.85mph
7) 1m - 18:49(18:49/m) 112/146bpm 135cal 3.19/8.14mph
8) 1m - 15:36(15:36/m) 114/127bpm 126cal 3.84/5.63mph
9) 1m - 17:19(17:19/m) 117/142bpm 111cal 3.47/7.47mph
10) 1m - 21:25(21:25/m) 113/131bpm 144cal 2.8/6.91mph
11) 1m - 20:54(20:54/m) 120/137bpm 144cal 2.87/6.12mph
12) 1m - 23:52(23:52/m) 109/130bpm 119cal 2.51/6.1mph
13) 0.02m - 13(11:47/m) 110/111bpm 1cal 5.09/5.11mph