The lads are really starting to suffer from tired legs after a compacted 2nd half of the year. Due to traditional early season races being cancelled and rescheduled.
This past weekend was the Langdale Horseshoe and the Three Peaks Race.
The Three Peaks Race traverses the famous Yorkshire Dales mountains of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough and is one of the oldest, most famous and best organised fell races in Britain.
First run in 1954, the Race covers 37.4 kilometres (23+ Mile) with 1608 metres (5,000+ft) of ascent and descent over the most rugged and spectacular countryside in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Ricky Lightfoot, Dava Williams, Shaun Atkinson all took part. Neither produced any PB's over the course but battled on to make it back to the finish.
Ricky did manage a 3rd place but in fairness was probably hoping to take another win or at least run a quicker time.
Dava entered wanting to get under the 3:40 mark but half way round knew this wasn't going to happen. So his aim altered to just try get back in under 4 hours. He managed that finishing 68th in 3:56:34.
Shaun, having completed his BG earlier this year hasn't done as much training since. His main aim was just to make it round in one piece. Overcoming the mental battle not to stop on Whernside, he made it back finishing in the top half of the field.
467 Runners had started the race.
Rich Houghton was our sole runner at the Langdale Horseshoe. He produced another good run despite a small sight seeing adventure mid race he got back on track with tiring legs also. Finishing 18th overall.
Well done lads.
Only the British Relays this coming weekend and then it's a wrap for the season. The legs can have a nice rest after that.
