21/10/2025
My A race for the year
A return to see if I could better how I did last year ?
Well that didn’t go as well as I had hoped 🤷♂️
Quick recap
Day 1
Started well was running with the front 5 for the first 4/5miles until my chest tightened, no problem I thought as the Dr had prescribed me an asthma pump, I set off again chasing after dropping down to 10th
No joy the run was getting harder chest getting tighter legs heavy without the oxygen they needed, slowly my race slipped and the mind went ! I finished 20th and not in a good way, worried about the next 2 days I thought I’ll just have to take it easy and enjoy the scenery my race was over on day 1 !!
Day 2
Easy start climbing up to 2850m again I was struggling with my chest tightness I was 33rd place on the top and not worried as I was enjoying some time with a friend I’d met last year, as we moved along the tops I felt good and Richard suggested I push on, I passed 17 runners on the almost 12 mile technical decent and finished 16th, I was surprised to say the least but Day 2 definitely played to my strengths the most.
Day 3
Well !!!! After a 3 hour sleep most the night sat on the 🚽 and 🤮 I didn’t think the day would go well 🤦🏻♂️ long day out in the hills I thought to myself!!
No breakfast no coffee and one last sit down 🚽 before race start I listened to the 10second count down from the toilet in the sports hall and rushed to the starting pen, I was the last through the gate smashed a 90gram gel and pushed! The day got better and better I got stronger passed 106 runners along the route, not my sort of race terrain, way to much running and hight gain but something inside me turned up 🤷♂️ last year this day was my worst day this year it was my strongest 💪 finished 14th
Overall lessons learnt, altitude is tough
Start slower, keep my head!!
Body is doing great, bonus no injuries
Overall 15th place same as last year but this year there were 30 more starters so it’s a win in my mind
Sorry for the Spam
Good to get it out so I can process 🙌
Bring on the next challenge 💪
