You turn up , full of promise and enthusiasm get a good warm up in, scout the opposition and then 100 mtr's into the race, boom. I've been here before!
Glorious sunny day 6 miles north of Bala it was promising to be a great event. A large crowd at the start was informed that the start line was 1mile jog down the road, excuse for a warm up. The route started up towards the summit on a solid track before hitting the fell towards the summit of Arenig fawr. Naturally went off with a blast hoping to hold on but gradually fell off the leaders. Reached the summit in 7th with the climb never ending with the terrain boggy with a few rocks ready to catch out a loose foot. The decent was a little silly with the 4 year old Solomon's struggling to hold onto the wet grass. Lost 4 places on the run down with the route catching out most runners and over the last 2 miles the scuba kit would have helped with the boggy terrain knee deep coming into the finish. Good to get a fell run in before the winter season, motivation to train back on track. Finished 9th.
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