Day 8: “Storm chasing”
By John Hampshire on 17th August
- on FFP’s advice the handbrake was firmly off today (note from FFP: in the hope that less time on the feet would reduce swelling and more usual running speed would be more efficient).
A fabulous sunrise and a perfect temperature made keeping a good rhythm pretty easy until the halfway point when the humidity began to rìse.
Ahead the medieval village of Angles sur l’Anglin in sunshine, behind “the roof closed over” with a big electrical storm. It caught me in the last 10km and I had an exhilarating run into the finish with lightning forks hitting surrounding fields.
Best performance of the race yet.
Thankyou John, Christine and Mary (Fit for Purpose) for all the support.
It all starts again tomorrow…
Local woman Clare Pearson from Skipton AC was delighted with her weekend win at the Dentdale Run on Saturday 10th March. Hard training over the winter months
Snow on the mountains this morning: my fingers numb as the cold penetrates the gloves, heavy breathing fogging my glasses as I work hard to climb the hills, big puffy pants to stop my legs freezing,
