Duddon

Saturday 03/06/06

Duddon Valley fell race - 20miles / 6600feet
19th place - 3hrs 34mins 33secs

Lakeland Classics series number one - superlong counter

More like Death Valley fell race today. Well OK it wasn't Wasdale 05 hot, but I've got very scorched arms where I missed with the factor 20. Some silliness at circuit training on Thursday left me with hamstrings as tight as guitar strings. I just couldn't get going on the descents and fast runny bits (of which there a lot on this race). But I had 3-30 in my head before the race so I guess it went OK. Would have been nice to stay with Paul C in the battle to be third counter for the team though. Felt a bit drained for my 8 hours foot patrol on Saturday night, my glowing face kept the piss heads amused!
Results and Splits

My splits and lap times were ...
Harter Fell 45:26 (17) 45:26 (17)
Hard Knott 1:08:56 (22) 23:30 (22)
Little Stand 1:38:04 (17) 29:08 (13)
Three Shires 1:55:22 (16) 17:18 (16)
Swirl How 2:25:36 (15) 30:14 (21)
Dow Crag 2:47:59 (15) 22:23 (34)
White Pike 3:03:19 (17) 15:20 (36)
Caw 3:25:01 (18) 21:42 (23)
Finish 3:34:33 (19) 9:32 (13)