Hairy Legs Challenge run/bike/run

Sun May 14 2006
Listed by ceri
Entrants (2)
Club		 PB SB Pred Time WAVA
TW Just the last run leg for me......Eton sprint Tri is day before.....ran the last leg 23.00 for 5ks..tough 5km with steep hill.
Unaffiliated 		1:42:05
Yellow Fang The race seemed have grown quite a lot since last year, with more competitors and stalls than ever. The weather was overcast. I didn't recognise many faces, only Sharkie from TVT and Richard from Reading Road Runners. I started fairly near the front, but it set off at a cracking pace. There were some kids in the race doing the first 5K leg as their teenage kicks race. I thought they'd overcooked it, but one of them overtook me on the sprint down to the finish. The bike leg followed a different course to previous years. I got held up a bit on the bridleway because it was difficult to pass. Overall, I don't think it was as hard as before when it went up the Ridgeway. Concrete hill was pretty tough, and there was another pretty tough hill which went through the woods. The bridleway going back to the start was fun. Unlike previous years, there was a fair bit of company on the third leg. There is a killer hill about 1K into the course, but then it goes down a long way through the woods. I overtook some people going up the hill but kept on getting caught on the down hill. There's a second short sharp hill, and after that it's all downhill. To be honest, I think I could have competed a bit harder on the last mile or so, but I still ended up 14th which is my best so far. At the end I found out Sharkie had won the individual race and Richard had won in the relay.
Reading Roadrunners 		1:43:30








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