Big field of 94 runners for this years OK Hill Race, 6 miles & 1400' of ascent, mixture of terrain...road, field, path, sheep track, a few rocky bits but not too many boggy bits this year. Course well marked and marshalled by Westies & MRT.
Decided to have a go at a better time this year, only under the hour once & that was in 2004, other years about 62 to 65 mins. Half mile of road to start, gradual uphill before a steep haul zig zagging up the crags. Running again once on top and over the moor, join the farm track past Loch Humphrey before another trudge through moorland, a bit of effort required to keep running.
The route continues in a clockwise loop on a rough path?? along the side of Greenside reservoir before the short sharp climb up to the trig point at the top of the Slacks in 49 1/2 mins. About a minute too slow to break an hour but push on anyway.
Manage to catch a few on the way down to the crags and then the usual kamikaze flap down to the road for a 1/2 mile cruise to the finish in exactly 61 mins, only beaten this once so quite pleased.
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