Ilkley seems like a very pleasant town. In fact if it wasn't in Yorkshire, I think I would be able to say that I quite liked the place. The race has a lot in common with my favourite West Pennine races, geologically speaking, so I should do OK, having by now just about recovered from the Long Mynd Valleys.
It turned out that Ilkley Moor was a Yorkshire championship race this year so the competition was pretty hot. The first V60 beat my previous time from 20 years ago by 3 seconds and I was about 8 minutes slower. I'm putting the difference in my own performance down entirely to the exceptionally muddy conditions, although I admit that I did run out of steam a bit in the second half. Kit requirement was just a whistle but I took a hat as well - you never know and we've all heard the story. Nice race map too, an orienteering map colour coded by orienteers for fell runners too daft to understand contours. Love it!
Results: 142nd/264 V60: 5th/20 Time: 1:00:25
Distance: 8km Climb: 401m
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