Race: The Beast (4.5m/1500ft/AS)
Time/Position: 39:06 (5th from 72 [1st v40])
A new route this year, which doubles the intensity of the climbs and makes it into a much tougher, better proposition. A beautiful evening, still and sunny, and fortunately a much improved performance. Decent pace maintained through the woods, then managed to keep running (slowly) all the way up 'the beast' to the limestone pavement at the top of Bryn Alyn. After descending to the bridleway, the new route heads straight back up the steepest, most tussocky slopes to revisit Bryn Alyn for a second time before descending the beast. Myself and Simon stayed together the whole way before I got a slight second wind as the route levelled out after climbing back through the woods to Maeshafn. Unfortunately, a couple of the top runners got lost, as had numerous runners (20?) lower down the field, which meant I gained a few places to finish 5th overall and 1st v40.
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