Not sure how this came about, winning the West Wales trail race this was now the Welsh. A new race based in builth show ground to go with the spring fair. So a large turn out and plenty to do. Some top runners in action and me and sion feeling strong were up for the race. Half marathon distance with plenty of climbing.
Had a fall 2 weeks before on Cader idris resulting in me missing the mountain race and missing 2 weeks of running. 3 stickers on knee cap falling on the last step by car park. At this point was training very well. Typical !
The race started with a big climb up from the show ground, some fast girls ahead of us which was a suprise. Very quick. Kept it steady then slowly upped the pace and picked of some runners. 2 lap course we knew we were getting close to the end so put an attack on to try and push on. Hung on to Sion and Aberdare runner with some great trail running, fast and flowing. Coming around to the decent to the finish were were a mile short of half marathon, me and another aber runner finished confused as it was 1.5 miles short. Don't think i would have gained much more with the distance. The Marshalls missed a loop of the show on the first lap.
Hey ho finished 5th. Sion in third and qualifying to represent Wales in France end of month. Or so we thought. It was called off and he was put on the reserve list. Then few days later he was told he was in the squad but on that morning twisted his ankle so had to decline the invite.
