Annual club race, the 10 mile handicap round the Horseshoe. The route starts and finishes at Alexandria Leisure Centre, running up to & through Balloch before following the Horseshoe to return to Alexandria via Auchencarroch road, then its back to the Leisure Centre via a clockwise loop of the town centre. About 10.4 miles overall with about 66o' of ascent.
The first couple of miles are overall slightly downhill then there are 3 climbs over the next couple as it climbs by about 300'. The route then undulates up and down for about 3 or 4 miles before it drops back to sea level between 7 to 9 miles. The last mile or so has one easy climb which doesn't feel easy by then.
Set off around 73 min pace but at about 4 miles had a walk to clear the airways, picked up the pace again for the next mile or so but the heart wasn't really in it after that. Still passing people up till about 8 miles. Finishing in 75 mins 48 secs, 2 seconds faster than last year but should have been better.
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