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Highland Hobble!
Against my better judgement I decided to take part in the Highlander Mountain Marathon with my boyfriend although I'm still struggling with shin splints. We dropped down a class to the C as I haven't run since January and I though I would have a better chance of finishing the C.
We had a good run on the Saturday, finishing in just under 5 hours with my shin pain hardly slowing me down at all. I was quite surprised to find out we had won the first day, but only had an 8 minute lead on the chasing team. Sunday was a chasing start and the pressure got to us, we didn't notice the bridge marked on the map, so crossed a waist deep freezing river at 7am in the morning. Momentarily distracted by this, we headed up the wrong stream, by the time we had found the first control the chasing team were already heading up the hill some distance ahead of us.
We finished 2nd overall and first mixed team.
Posted by Elsie Riley on Thu 23 Apr 2009 | 4 comments
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Johnston said...
Well done Elsie and Stuart! Take it easy with the injury though, and I hope to see you back to full fitness later in the year.
I see (former?) Westie Gary Thompsett also featured highly at this event - top of the A Class.
Thursday 23rd April 2009 9.33pm
Val said...
Great to hear you are out and about again, and great result! Return sensibly though, we need some Westies wumin!
Learnt something new about shin splints the other day - often stimulated by over active big toe tendon action. Practice tapping your foot while sitting down without using your big toe to lead...does that make sense? Sounds quite a relaxing way to train too!
Friday 24th April 2009 12.56pm
Graham K said...
Fantastic effort ...well done !
Friday 24th April 2009 4.26pm
Ellie said...
That's the way to do it Elsie. Good show.
Monday 27th April 2009 11.33am