Quote Originally Posted by Probo View Post
Great event! Great management by Tod! Super quick results up on web and photo's! ..... What a great intro race to my first fell race!!! Finished in top half of seniors. Made the huge mistake of starting at pretty much the back of 350 runners on what was for the most part a single track course. On Road races, I can pick my way through and still slap in a good time. The starts are where it is at on the fells by the look. I managed to hammer through a fair few people on the tops, but was pretty much running off the natural course line and just lost too much time walking behind people up the 1st climb at the start. Lesson learned!
Yeah I did pretty much the same. I thought I was near the front at the start but as they pushed us back,more people then joined at the front and that then made the task of having to fight all the way up the first hill. I got behind too many people who were almost walking only a few hundred metres into the race. A lesson to be learned for future years. having said that i thought the start was magnificent and a real experience to behold!!