Originally Posted by
Stolly
I had a couple of briefish cramp attacks but didn't suffer nearly as badly as before. I don't use gels (too much like swallowing a grolly for me) but did drink enough going round, which is where I've definitely gone wrong previously. I've done lots more steep hill running too though which must make a difference.
Still it really annoyed me when two or three women overtook me running well on that last little grassy plateau before the sheer scramble on Whernside, clearly feeling very light on their feet and not at all worried by cramp. Sweat could be an issue and I sometimes think that women, taken as a whole, are better at the ascents rather than descents when running hills - probably bollocks I know but the logic being that they're less inclined to be stupid going down hill so work much harder at being good going up.