41 masochists including a few visitors presented at Falls Road Primary School car park for a 32° 98% humidity run on a track with it all. Honkey nuts, pebble gravel, slopes, sand and creeks to cross.
19 runners headed off for a fairly short but brutal summer run. The plodding group showed metrics at 5.61km with an ascent on the run of 794m. The front-runners were sharing the FTs with their distance probably a km further. A few others saw the light and baled out.
The 11% stretch right at the end shows neatly on the graph as do the sections of flat (there weren’t any).
At the circle, there were concerns for the health of two and four legged attendees. Dozer had a laydown panting heavily and the GM was more than blood red. All were well though and after a fine circle and a perfect summer meal of quiche with salads breads and more followed by a fruit dessert, a nice touch to finish. Thereafter we returned to the lowlands.
What a magnificent turn out for a sensational run, awarded a valid 9.2 by the RA!
Where else on this planet would you rather have been on a Monday night?