It was a good idea to leave this post until today. After the race yesterday I was cold and disappointed. I haven't done it for several years and yesterday was exactly why. Mostly on road and track, rain forecast and not being fit at the moment all adds up to a miserable time. And it was.
Having said all that now a day has passed I am glad I did it. The ascent into the increasing wind and snow almost broke my will but the descent went well, improving all the way down.
Conditions on the summit were very bad and I can only imagine how those wearing only T shirts and shorts were feeling. There were a few cases of mild hyperthermia. If it was not for the facts that the course is mainly obvious and the mountain rescue were on hand the organisers would have had good reason to cancel.
I will seriously need to improve if I am to toe the start line again next year. So there is some motivation.
Russell
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