Festive fancy dress disguises this short but tough race up and down Cowpe Lowe. A tough start up a concrete road which fades into a track, then a steep grassy path leads up to a flatter section over a boggy moor. The final climb to the flat top and trig point is short but brutally steep.
I gained a few on the first descent and bust a gut closing the gap on a Darwen Dasher dressed as a Christmas tree on the flat section which diverts around Whinberry Naze on the descent. Got him and a few others as we re-joined the steep grassy path and held on for 63rd overall. As ever though, some great V60's had turned up to show me how it's done.
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| The final steep bit up Cowpe Lowe |
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| The butcher didn't like that I beat him! |
Results: 63rd/193 Vet 60: 5th/23 Time: 34:23
Distance: 6.4km Climb: 229m
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