Another big field of 250 plus for this 5 miles jaunt up and down Dumyat which sits behind Striling Uni. A few days of rain made for a slippy race.
Felt a bit sluggish before the start due to SAC last Saturday and 11 miles last night but felt ok after a short warm up. Race started without as much as a ready, never mind get set, just go! Off up the road before a wee rest at the gap in the wall, hit the muddy farm track running.
Ran the short steep road section passing a few plodders before the stream crossing and up to the muddy bank where mayhem ensued, ploughed straight through in my new super grippy Adidas Swoop past plenty of Adidas Samba smoothies floundering in the mud.
Into the Bluebell woods and ran on the path edges for grip. Out onto the hill and pace undulating in time to the gradient, remembering to push all the way its only half an hour to the top. Turned in 32 mins for the flailing descent.
No energy after the turn and hung on to the back of a small group but picked up the pace on each of the steeper sections as gravity kicked in and gradually overtook a few. Managed to avoid the usual kamikaze rock jumps on the way down.
Back into the forrest and pushed hard through the mud and trees, passed three on the muddy bank, aimed for the tree at the bottom bouncing off down the track. A quick wash at the stream then pushed for home on the road & track, 18 min descent to finish in 1 sec under 50 mins.
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