I made sure i was fully hydrated before tackling this years James Herriot Trail Run near Castle Bolton as i was sure it was going to be red hot, but unfortunately i didn't fuel up enough on the food side. All was going well up the first big climb and along the top of the Dale i started to feel a bit weak to say the least. On reaching the turn to descend which was my attacking place the year before i went into auto-pilot mode and settled into a more steady pace with the London runner in second place only about 15 seconds behind. By the time i reached the summit of the final climb I switched the auto-pilot mode off and pressed on with some hard effort, yet again i managed to plant my foot right onto a cowpat, i swear them things are as slippy as an eel covered in grease. They may look harmless sat there baking in the sun with its crusty outer shell but the moment you place a running foot on the damn things they open up and reveal a stinking slip trap and you can be sure there's always another in wait just ahead of that one in case you go down so you get covered head to toe in the stuff. Anyway onwards it was and i managed to win in a new record time of 53 minutes and 17 seconds. I was very surprised to of beaten my previous years time considering the conditions and was more than pleased with the minute and half i had managed to beat the second placed runner. Another well marshaled and organised event plus the sun helped in the end for all the post race picnics.
The dog enjoyed its long lazy day out in the countryside which will help in its time out phase. The dog seems to be looking energetic from its recuperation phase so i have decided to join it and pack in racing for now until September. I'm looking forward to getting in some long steady miles in after all the races i've done recently.
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