Manher you must have been very near me at gable, I was the young-ish runner in boots.
Enjoyed the race up until Scafell Pike, made it in about 2h15 which I though was OK.
Then really struggled on the scree, picked myself up on the corridor, but tried to get up Great Gable too fast and was exhausted (after slowing down a lot) by the time I hit the summit. I still had 50 mins so should have made it to Honister, instead though I had a 15 min break instead of keeping just behind the group I was with and then ended up going way off to the west. Realised I was wrong I tailed off and headed towards the quarry and eventually hit Honister 25 mins late. Not even close! The marshalls had already gone by that point. So in total I spend 1h 20 getting down. Looking back it was the easiest part of the course.
Few lessons learnt for next year I guess - sort out my gear properly, wearing boots made it a lot harder for me (I speedcross but really didn't like them and looking for something different now), also I traveled up by train from Mcr that morning leaving before 6:00am. Also a mistake, should have stayed over and tried to conserve energy. Finally didn't drink nearly enough, but tbh I'm slightly scared of refilling from streams so tend to go without. What do people use iodine tablets? or any use one of these UV bottles? Have been looking into buying one.
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