Quote Originally Posted by Robin S View Post
At the risk of turning this thread in to the Diary of a Novice Fell Runner, the Beast (all 23.5 miles of it...) went pretty well. Took it easy (although probably could have eased off even more) for the first 12/13 miles or so and felt ok. Hit a real rough patch around about 17 miles (just before the last climb...) but kept plodding on.

Was also getting cramp in my calves when transitioning from ascent to flat/descent in the second half of the race which wasn't much fun (any advice here? eating? hydration?), but dragged myself round in 4:13.
The cramp is almost certainly because your legs haven't spent enough time climbing. Drinking plenty of fluids can help but its only by doing loads of (preferably steep) hill climbs/descents that will really stop you getting cramp