Couple of races over the past week or so.
Sat 11th July a short SHR race on Meall an t Suidhe or Melantee as it is pronounced, even though you only run up an outlier called Creag a Chail. This is the hill behind Fort William to the right of the porridge pipes and to the left of Ben Nevis.
One of the top ten steepest hill races in Scotland, all in 3 1/2 miles and 1500' of ascent, take away the run out and back to Claggan Park and the climb of 1500' is contained within about a mile and a half. Spent the morning sunbathing in Glen Nevis Camp Site looking at the Ben so too hot by race time, my excuse anyway! Ran well to the base of the hill, guts ran out about half way up and let a few overtake that I normally pass. About 53 mins overall with a slow 37 mins up and 16 down.
Thursday 16th July, the club's annual Pappert Well race, just over 5 miles and close to 1000' of ascent. Finished faster than last year but a wee bit slower than hoped for. Pushed hard for the first 1/3 then laziness kicked in and eased off slightly as I could without losing any places. Through the trees after the trig point a bit more effort now and pushed a bit harder down what is the remnants of a track, overtook a few on the way back and overtaken by one! Finished with a wee social thanks once again to our hosts Pete & Mo.
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