While we passed through a heavy shower on the drive across, we were fortunate to just arrive in time for the weather to clear. The race route started at the car park in Tillicoultry, and went straight up the steps towards the Mill Burn, and presented a bottleneck at the start of the race, which I probably failed to fully recover from during the climb. The climb itself was harsher than I’d anticipated; this was by some way the greatest elevation in a race I’d done since Beinn Dubh which felt a long time ago. The race route presented at least two false summits, which was somewhat demoralising, and I probably walked the route a bit more than I’d have liked. However, once I’d made it to the top the descent went pretty well and fairly fast. If nothing else, a good warm-up for Maddy Moss the next week.
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