'Sometimes you have to blow your own trumpet!' someone said to me yesterday
Wilko and I finished as first 'mixed pair' in the Score class, so I won my first prize for many years. Prizes don't mean much, but seventh overall in such an event means we did very well.
More importantly, I really relished being back in a 'simple' Mountain Marathon, where good solid route choice and navigation through rugged mountain scenery gives a great sense of reward.
Well Done Wilko - she'd be the first to admit she's not at her fittest after a winter of injury and rest - but that's no excuse and irrelevant. We did well because we went steadily in the right direction, didn't get lost (well... a moments magnetic confusion on Beinn Bhuidhe maybe) and weren't too late back and incuring large penalties. We did have a bit of a 'flat' Saturday and thought we'd made the wrong route strategy choice, but having pushed hard to make Saturday's finish on time it was all to play for on Sunday.
'Endurance Saturday - Speed Sunday' remarked 'Wilks', as we found some soggy tussocks for her to relish followed by some tricky navigation in complex claggy ground, which played to our strengths. But we did have to run the last five km to limit penalties to just three minutes lateness. I was duly honoured and humbled to get a beer handed to me by Miriam Rosen as we finished and it made 'Wilfs' chilli one of the best ever. Thank you Wilko.
Congratulations to Anthony Emmett and Helen Jackson on an impressive Mixed Pair win in the Elite, proving they really can mix it with the top mountain runners. Bad luck to Team Haglofs ... well done Lewis for completing the Elite despite a nasty gash to his shin sustained on Saturday and to Angus and Francis of NFR for their third place in the Elite. And they never looked tired or stressed at all.
Now, whose entered the LDMT?
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