I was tempted to run today. Cronkley Fell is an old Strider favourite and a traditional GP fixture. But 14 days after Comrades I knew it’d be unwise. Many times I’ve run a favourite race, felt fine for the first mile, then not so fine for the remaining 90% of the race. Lessons learned.
So Roberta and I wandered up by High Force, flasks and flapjacks packed, bumped into Jan, and settled down beside the Tees. This is a fine course. There were moments when I wished I’d been on the other side of the lens, but a man’s got to know his limitations.
But it illustrates the wonderful fickleness of the GP. The GP is the Elvet Striders all-rounders race. It’s open to all. And if you had been a lady Strider today, and ran, and finished, you’d have scooped 15 GP points.
results
pos | gender | age | name | time | cat |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | Callum Hanson (Pudsey & Bramley) | 01:20:29 | MO |
5 | 5 | 3 | Graham Watt | 01:31:51 | M40 |
12 | 12 | 1 | Geoff Davis (NFR) | 01:41:44 | M60 |
23 | 23 | 11 | Robin David Parsons | 01:48:31 | M40 |
28 | 26 | 3 | Allan Renwick | 01:54:28 | M50 |
33 | 30 | 14 | Simon Dobson | 02:00:20 | M40 |
38 | 5 | 3 | Susan Davis (NFR) | 02:01:29 | W50 |
GP Note: Geoff and Susan are not eligible for GP points as they ran as NFR. If I’d run today, as DFR, as I’d planned, I would’ve been ineligible too. To be eligible for GP points you must run as a Strider.