Top event of the year, local, hilly and usually full of top runners to set the pace high. Coming into the event on the back of some decent training I was optimistic of a PB and with the football boots finally hanging up under the stairs it was time to up my game.
Arenig fawr the week before got the mountain legs tested and with the overnight rain it was promising to be a damp route, I chose the new road shoes thinking of the long tarmac section in between the climbs. Stayed with the top 4 until the Pen dinas climb where the lack of up hill training hit me for six, struggled to the top holding on to 5th with runners closing in behind. A fast decent down to the marina I was comfortable in 5th but to far from 4th to chase. A steady climb up Consti hill I turned around to see 3 runners closing in, luckily down hill legs were on form and managed to put 1-2 minutes on them and a few seconds off 4th place. 50min 4sec. PB and getting quicker.
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