The third of the six race series from WCOC went from the car park on the southern side of Ennerdale Lake, up though the woods, to Grike summit, along the tops to Crag Fell and then back down to the car park. It was a lovely evening and as usual I set off fast and then suffered on the final stages of the main climb. I was leading Charlotte Watson until about ¾ of the way up, she then came past me and pulled ahead. I managed to reel her in to only a few metres as we crossed between the summits, and thought I’d finally passed her on the descent off Crag Fell, as we took very different lines, and we crossed the stile literally one after the other. However, the final part of the descent her orienteering skills on rough ground meant she pulled away again over the rough ground and I came home a few seconds behind her. I was frustrated to not get the better of her, but I wasn’t concentrating hard enough on the descent.
Worryingly as I tried to warm down, my old left foot injury was bothering me. It was really sore so I had a quick stretch and no run out, changed and headed home.
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