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Graham Gristwood - Springtime in Shropshire

Springtime in Shropshire

After a few days back at home, working and resting (and coming 2nd in a fell race - results here), I took part in a fairly local 3 day competition. It was far enough away that I camped with some friends rather than driving every day though, and unfotunately the…
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weather was awful. There werent a lot of elite runners at the competition, but there were a couple of former / current GB runners and over 1000 people in total. Day 1 was a completely open hillside, mostly covered with heather and bracken, but with some really bushy areas. The course was a little trickier than expected, and everybody made mistakes. I missed about 2 minutes at the 15th control, but ran quite well apart from that to win by a couple of minutes.Results hereDay 2 was very cold, wet and windy. Luckily it was in a forest, but it…

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