Race: The Druid (5m/1200ft)
Time/Position: 36.04 (6th from 90)
Perhaps the best of the summer evening Clwydian races, but it has been three years since I've been able to race it. My time was almost a minute slower this year than 2011, yet conditions were near perfect: dry underfoot, warm but not too hot. Spent most of the race with Jim from Helsby, going past him after the steps up to the summit of Foel Fenlli, staying clear for the very narrow and always superb descent along the rim of the hillfort poised high above the Vale of Clwyd, then losing out to his superior pace on the main descent back to Llanferres. Once again finished at the back of a small group of runners, lacking the speed to pick it up at the end.
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