High Peak 40

[jodg]

Bit battered & bruised today after my first ever 'ultra race' but can still put my socks on without too much difficulty this morning so must be doing something right! :wink:

Tough event, especially the second half, as I was not prepared for quite so much limestone track and road. Brutal on the feet, especially when you got to about 30miles. Shuffling (sorry, "ultra-running") by the time I got to Deep Dale2 - all the wall hopping before the slippy descent was leg numbing.

Turned out OK in the end though. I was well chuffed to finish in 6hrs 42mins and 12th place. Amazed myself! :w00t:

Great to mingle with other runners who do this sort of thing regularly, a good crowd. Marvin popped up early en route (outside his house!) to give a cheer. Datt, Fly and BritNick took part as well.

A big "Thank you" to all concerned with the race organisation, especially the volunteers on the checkpoints. I was kept going by copious amounts of water, flapjack and fig folls.

Roll on the 'Grin & Bear It'.