yeh, strong field and some strong performances,Rich R ran well for 2nd Steve Cale 1st and Andy D 3rd If Richs was 6th but in a good time i think in about 1:25 ?? i dont know what happend to Lloyd T though,he was at the start line but did`nt see him after that??
i was in the top 10 coming off the mountain but lost about 3 places just before the woods and came in at 13th in the end (i think) a bit more work on my fitness i think.
Was a good field and the ocnditions were pretty good.
Lloyd Taggart won, just 9 seconds off the record! 1:21 something,
Rich Roberts second in 1:23 something.
Karl Gray 3rd (1:24)
just ahead of me (Steve Cale) (1:24).
Andy Davies (recovering more each week after his injury) was down in 1:25.
Ifan Richards next
then a Cardiff runner (sorry don't know name)
Then Paul Jones in on 1:33.
Great mountain, great race.
Hey that's a good read Rocksteady but not true I'm afraid. Lloyd won and Richy gave me a kicking on the downhill!
Rich is flying...hell of a strong field that...very good times too.
Good run by yourself.
Just read Ifs report on FB,must have been a different race i was seeing,missed Lloyd somehow.the first runner i saw coming off the summit was a mercia runner which i assumed it was you TGW and then Rich R and Andy D.
should have gone to Specsavers !!!
Yup great race, and as Steve said great mountain :-) really good to get the quality runners here, makes you push much harder!!!
The lad that came 7th was Michael Kalenberg of Cardiff AC. He's a welsh/GB U23 runner so no slouch.
Really happy to get 6th with the quality of runners today. Was 2nd last year with 01:31:09 and this year 6th in 01:27:36 :-)
Gutted for Lloyd though, so close and in awsome form!!
Lovey the finish line bantter to, the Cramps and Jelly legs after coming off the mountain haha!! brilliant :-)
Well done to all that finished :-)
This was a fantastic race, really nice mountain and a total buzz when you come back into town! Only my second fell race and managed to finish in 1:51 so very happy with that.
Al Tye has uploaded his photos already, bless him! http://www.fellrunningpictures.co.uk/rasygader2011.html
I don't know about anyone else but the boggy ground through the forest by the lake was horrible coming back, I did hear from someone that there was a firm route through there but I stuck doggedly to the ribboned route not knowing the area. The tarmac run-in was a joy after that so much so that I didn't care about wearing out the studs on my Mudclaws. If anyone enjoyed the bog, I can recommend Ras Beca.
The taped route is the fastest route through that section!! it's the only path thats kept in good order by the national park.
I've tried the 3 or 4 of the different routes and none of them are any faster.
When your on the inward run, when leaving the field over the stile you need to keep left, some cross the stile and go straight ahead!! Mistake, bog up to your knees and very slow running!! even though the path is cut up, it's still faster than struggling through bogs, thorns, bracken low branches etc! etc!
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