Ras yr Aran

First real fell race of the year today, with the Aran race from Llanuwchllyn. Sadly, 60mph winds and an iced-up ridge meant the race had to be shortened. But it still went to the lake just below the summit of Aran Benllyn, missing out the ridge to Fawddwy. Actually, we had a weather window for the race itself - windy but relatively benign with some sunshine and almost alpine conditions where the snow was lying. There was a fair covering higher up, with some ice. My performance was average at best, climbed quite badly - feeling it in the calves - but descended reasonably well into the wind: finished in 1:14:55 or so, slightly disappointing, especially given my rest day yesterday. Some good runs last week, including a longish Clwydian outing with Neil on Wednesday.