Ian Hughes is making a habit of doing races where the clue is in the title! Two weeks ago it was the Heaven and Hell Half Marathon and now it is the self proclaimed "Toughest 10k". So not surprisingly, it was not a course for pb's. Ian reports on the event as follows:
It was described as the toughest 10k in the UK and it felt like it! The climbs were tough, they added up to 11000ft. the equivelant distance on the flat was 6.9 miles. There was a small field of runners. I managed 6th place with a time of 41.31. I actually thought my time would be closer to 50mins. My next race will be Monklands and then the Chris Moon Half in June. This starts from the Windfarm and finishes in Strathaven, only 200 places available. The website for this is entrycentral-theonlinestartline for anyone else interested in a local race.
Well done to Ian on completing another mental event. You are not really selling it to us though! (I think there could be a slight typo above and it maybe should be 1100 feet over 10k as 11000 feet climb would mean 1000 feet per km up and 1000 feet back down again within each of the ten km's and I don't recall any Alpine passes in Bridge of Allan, just big hills. However maybe it was km reps up and down the Ochils!!).
Alan
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