TARGETS:
Three Peaks – sub 4.30
Wasdale – Borrowdale – Langdale
Lairig Ghru
January
1/1 Giant’s Tooth… completed (& post race chip buttie)
Soreen Stanbury Splash (118/330)… 64.34
Tigger Tor (152/ 380)…. 1.41.50
February
4/2 Rombald Stride… 3.58
11/2 Carnethy 5… 1.22.42 Feck me, twas wilder than a stormy day in Siberia!
19/2 PECO XC Crossgates #4… 40.19
25/2 High Cup Nick… 1.32.53 (CB)
March
4/3 Stan Bradshaw… 1.37.22
5/3 PECO XC Roundhay #5… 36.41
19/3 Heptonstall… 2.50.53 aka Calder Valley spring swimming gala – WET
April
2/4 Baildon Boundary Way… 1.44.38
23/4 YVAA Honley #1… tbc
26/4 Three Peaks Race… 4.30.36 (CB)
May
9/5 Jack Bloor… 54.59
20/5 Charlesworth Chase… 52.03 quickest pint I’ve downed since last year
June
3/6 Wharfedale Trail Half… 1.55.20 (CB)
18/6 Pudsey 10k… 49.14 what’s this grey hard stuff under my feet?
22/6 Beamsley Beacon…47.18 (CB)
July
4/7 Danefield Relay… 24.07 leg 3 with lead legs [Team: Randy’s Red Tops]
8/7 Wasdale Classic… DNF-PILLAR on the steep learning curve over a Lakeland classic
29/7 Turnslack… 1.30.58 beautiful boggy return to racing after a brief break
August
6/8 Round Hill… 1.13.26 both calves v. sore over final few miles *shut up legs*
13/8 Boulsworth Senior Race at Trawden Agricultural Show… 58.02 tractors & trail shoes
September
Castle Carr… too long cramped way too early after guiding Jim Wheldon the way to a category prize
October
Langdale Horseshoe… n/a
Bronte Way… tbc great race, as always, with good tussle over quick final few miles
November
Tour of Pendle… 3.30.37 (CB) shared most with Ben Mason, though he left me on Big End – we finished 3 seconds apart
December
Mytholmroyd… n/a
Stoop… revised route due to weather and last Woodentops event for me