A brilliant, brutal, race
What a brutal, brutal route :cool:
If the weather had been 24hrs delayed it might have been brutal brutal ++
Great race, fabulous addition to the moors - and by far and away the hardest.
The 'W' down to the scout hut, up to windy corner and down and up to Carlton Bank was bonkers! The vertical bog down the stream memorable - launching jumps into knee deep sludge was 'interesting'. Brilliant.
If it had ended somewhere near there I might finished in a knackered state...as it didn't I was totally banjaxed.
Having done a few recces certainly helped - I'm sure a few had 'fun' finding a short or direct route to CP8, local knowledge wins out :rolleyes:
Then it went right Pete Tong, both legs locked solid with cramp at Brian's Pond (lightweight I know), absolute nightmare getting the b*ggers back working. Never had such total cramp... a route that just kept giving!
Scugdale - only one more uphill...but 2.5miles of it...argghhh.
I love downhills, only thing I'm really any good at, disengage brain and 'go', but much as I was looking forward to that last mile my legs were just not doing it - I was just happy not to have anyone pass me, I don't think I'd have been able to live with the shame!
Be interesting to see if everyone got all the CPs, it was very welcome to have a race for navigators. I was surprised that even by CP 7 the race wasn't really strung out into a lot of space between runners
My legs hurt after finishing and wouldn't work later on after falling out of car at home, but they'll catch up with my brain which is wired and buzzing.
Well done, a great (brutal, bonkers, welcome) route and a truly great addition.
Oh - and thanks for the free pasties, cake and buckets of tea at end - Yorkshire value ;) (and to the marshal's who had some bleak spots to attend).