I did it! My first Ben race under my belt.
Set off vey, very steady, jogged the road towards the back of the field as was worried about blowing up later on.
Once I got going on the climb I worked my way through the pack.
Felt good at Red Burn and pushed on again. It was, however, further than I thought it would be from Red Burn, and eventually I settled in among a long line of runners and followed them to the top.
I felt good at the turn and had it in my mind to let it go on the descent and pull back some more runners.
But just a minute or so into the descent I tripped over the big stones going flying face first. I bruised my leg, ankle, arm and shoulder, much of my right hand side to be fair. It hurt like hell, for a moment I thought it was race over.
I walked for a bit, got myself togther and carried on.
Problem was it shattered my confidence on the rest of the descent and I picked my way down slowly.
The road at the end was a killer! Got back in just over two hours.
I was happy to have got round, but bit disappointed not to go under two hours.
Will I return? Not sure yet.

Anyone got a link to results or pics yet?
Lots of people on hillside with cameras.