Back to Darwen for race four - my ninth go at the David Staff Memorial Race . Like Arnside last week, this is a fast race with a lot of runnable hard surface so not really ideal for me. Not so many Dashers taking part because there are so many needed for marshalling and timekeeping and just like all the races so far, what a fine job they do. The kiosk in Sunnyhurst Woods makes a great location for the registration and presentation and the moorland around Darwen is truly wonderful so despite this not being a famous classic, it does capture the atmosphere and ethos fellrunning perfectly. Similar result to last week, inside the top half and better than my times from 1995 and 1996 but not by any means my fastest. Very happy to have achieved my target top half finish though.
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| Kath walked up to the tower with the camera today but got this shot at the top of the final climb, about three quarters round the course. Looks like I'm still running - nice one Kath! |
Results 56th/142 43:42
Distance: 8.2km/5.1 miles Climb: 366m/1201ft
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