A lolipop route or as the starter put it a lower case q. About of us 80 set off up towards the Lairs from Crow Road Car park above Lennoxtown for 6 miles 1700' of ascent of the boggiest bog and burn race. After the run up to the lairs its an undulating run round the tops of Cort Ma Law and the Leckett before a short descent into a tussocky gulley and the inevitable walk out to join the outward route for a few hundred yards and then a fast run down to the finish.
Took a few more walking breaks than usual on the initial climb and once on top a wee bonus the bogs between the Lairs and Cort Ma Law relatively tame this year, ok with a bit of care.
CML to the Leckett the opposite as the number of emerald green swampy bits seemed to have multiplied, managed to hop from tussock to tussock most of the time the odd knee deep plunge saps your strength and helps to keep the pace nice and slow.
Managed the plunge in and out of the gulley without a fall for the first time although the guy in front was sludged about half way down, saved the effort to overtake. Walked out the gulley then got sort of running again back to the style. From the style its a short runnable climb back up to the Lairs and a fast run down to finish in 66 mins 4 secs.
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