Saturday 13th Nov – The Roaches
November 21, 2011Mark persuaded me that this was a race worth doing, having an AGM for Achille Ratti on the Saturday in the Lakes, did cause me to sacrifice an evening in the pub and return home for the race the following day. This race had everything mud, manure and more mud it also crossed farm fields, moorland, gritstone edges forests and river crossings, I say crossings due to the second half of the race returning back the same way, this did help on removing the mud and manure though. Overall a good event.
No 157 Mark Checkley 3.16.46
No 166 Peter Noble 3.21.14
Pete Noble
had a fairly OK run started a little slow
Pete Noble turned up he led the way for the first half
I got going after the river crossing and had a good middle section where I passed Pete just before the summit of Shuttlingsloe. However on the last part of the climb going back over the Roaches just before the top I had what you would call a hitting the wall experience. I just ground to a halt got really frustrated as about 10 runners just steamed passed me. I could do nothing about it
Anyway got going again and began to reell one or two runners in on the down hill but after the MUDDY!! fields the last stile I cramped up and promptly lost one of the places I had just gained. all I could do now was just slogg it out to the finish
No record breaking times but not disastorous Just over 3hrs 16
Checkers
Comments
Mark S
Nov 23, 2011 6:52
Well done Checkers persuading Pete not only to sacrifice his evening in the pub but to get him to the start on time!!