I entered the LAMM some time ago with my friend Rachel Dearden after doing the Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon with her last year. After dropping out of the OMM last year and leaving her to find a replacement last minute I knew I couldn’t let her down again. I’ve struggled with injuries again this year,
4th October 2009 I decided on a whim to enter this duathlon on the grounds that biking seems to do me less damage than running and I also thought it sounded cool. I liked the idea of doing a ten mile trail race and a sixteen mile mountain bike race, round the technical red singletrack
4-5th July 2009 This year I decided to enter the Scafell Class (which is the hardest pairs class) in the Saunders because it seemed like a good idea at the time, and for once I actually found someone else equally crazy and willing to give it a go. I met Rachel at the Highlander Mountain
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