Race 45: Lantern Pike

The sprained ankle at Coniston Fair reduced my race opportunities quite significantly in the latter half of the summer so to get me back on target I have what will hopefully be the last double header weekend for the season. Saturday's race is a new one for me and a first visit of the season to Derbyshire for the Lantern Pike Race.

We badly misjudged the travel time, getting stuck at the end of the M67, so we arrived at the show field entrance just 5 minutes before the start time. A sympathetic car park volunteer, a quick change and a warm up run to the registration tent saw me arrive on the start line just as the starter said go. Driving through Glossop I had expected to be too late so I was quite prepared for a jog round at the back. As it turned out, there was quite a lot of overtaking opportunity on the tarmac at the start of the race so I quickly found myself in the middle as usual. Nothing more to report really - same sort of mixed gradient and terrain as you might expect on a run round Darwen, and same sort of distance between me and Darrener, Neil Holding.

Relieved to have made it in time and got in a half decent result

Results: 94th/196  46:30
Distance: 8km/5 miles  Climb: 320m/1050ft