ToF Day 2 - East Lomond

The old favourite! Claimed to be 6k? The route was roughly the same at the Devils Burdens 4th leg. However, you started at the duck pond which meant you were climbing straight away. Plus, the finish was much better as we went down a kinda path instead of over the long grass heading for the trees. This gets you down much faster. Finally going left at the bottom and winding round to the finish in the woods.

My watch chucked it before the race which was an omen to what lay ahead. It was horrible climbing up Maspieden and I was out of my depth. It's fine doing short hill races which are a bit stop start, but its good consistent training nights that make the difference. 46.08 for my efforts.

The finishing places in the ladies race were all over the place. 7th on the beach was first here, 2nd on the beach was 8th here and so on. Joanne managed to run consistently with 38.02 and now sits 6th overall. It's the mile race tomorrow, off in 2's at 30 sec intervals. Followed by a 5k road on Saturday, so it's back to the speed merchants!

George