Great to be joined by big G on the Cavey last night....or was it Ralph after a visit to Lance Armstrong’s doctor?
Andrew's new job 'running Royal ICU' meant a kit change in the car park. Breaking news A's candle had been upgraded to Pretzl head torch...a further promotion to new Lenser H7R coupled with his dayglow Beanie he was... fully lit.
Is black the new green?... Andrew played a straight bat with his choice of running shorts but as RG + G know it is hard to'polish a turd'.
RG after all his 'big' lycra+stick chat also kicked for touch on the kit choice.
The nasty climb from the car park...never seems to get easier. Cracker night... cold, clear with trail crusty with few ice and snow pockets.
On the forest drag up... the feng
shui was not right...RG had company as he and big G toiled up towards the
caves.
As A rounded the headland... the sound of ships foghorns leaving Stranraer could be heard over the channel... or was that just RG and big G groaning up the hill?
Head torch #1 faded as we passed the prevailing tree on a 'proper trail' as G wheezed before dropping his foot into a permafrost puddle.
Up from the Gorse crosstrail to summit again A making 'light' of the conditions. A fast feet sprint onto McArts for astronomy blurb 2. Sirius the brightest star in our solar system... correction, now second brightest after Andrew’s head.
G was still moving and naively
suggested was happy to do whatever. A last second change took RG down the black
run. Tricky at best of time... but add frost, and head torch...A suggested
'positively alarming compared to last week’s stab in dark candlelit descent...
ignorance is not all bad'.
A yomp up the deceptively long stretch from grid to McArts before starting the red run to home. G was down to 20watts...Head torch #2 was swapped with RG...nb after the tricky bit. Last half mile was more akin to G recent Gosford sprint.
Good training and fun. Thanks A+G and Lenser who made the evening possible.
Kindest regards
RG
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