Icy jog

Scout Scar

Swaledale + lead mines

Burnsall cafe loop

Auld Lang Syne

2nd fastest time. Missed the FKT by 1 minute (FFS!), but seriously congrats to Matthew on his recent 9:34. Perhaps more importantly, it was great to make the most of a perfect day for running. Clockwise from Shipley Glen, calling into Eastburn Stores + the Cow & Calf cafe. Solo self-supported. 

Tried to learn some of the (painful) lessons of previous long runs re food & drink. Bowl of porridge an hour before setting out + packed food (2 bananas, 1 apple, 1 muesli bar, almonds) & 500ml water. Turned out didn't touch any of the food before getting to Eastburn (just after half way, only shop directly on route - cash preferred!) so just bought juice + more water there. That first half went pretty well, pushed it on the runnable sections to keep the legs moving.... Christ knows how many gates & stiles there are the whole way round but legs always seemed on the verge of seizing up on these fiddly sections. 

Of course you get a bad patch on any long run and mine came looping round Silsden.... just concentrated on getting the food & water down + walking to keep moving. Funnily enough climbing seemed easier than descending & got to the top of Addingham High Moor in good spirits, just a simple fell run across Ilkley Moor to go, right? But the descent towards Ilkley was pretty rough and at the stream on Keighley Rd shoes & socks came off + had a very necessary sit in the river! Similarly, towards Cow & Calf realised I'd have to drop down to the cafe for a coke + more water. This got me up onto Burley Moor OK but not really along it..... equally last muesli bar had me racing across the moor to Bingley Rd but just hit a brick wall on the tarmac section after. Only really relaxed once on the final path above Shipley Glen & even found a sprint-finish of sorts back to the car. Funny how you have ups & downs like this. 


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