Export resultHaworth Hobble on Sat 14th Mar 2009
241 startersA mixed bag of Brown Shirts took the trip to Haworth for the Hobble it what was expected to be a drowning. This week however the weather went the other way and we had a clear dry day if not very windy. The route for those who haven't done it is mainly tracks which means the race is at quite a fast pace and hard underfoot. The 'Wuthering Hike' is the first race in the Vasque ultra series and as such had a large top quality field of approx 370 runners.
Despite having a plan to set off steady I pushed a little too hard to start with before Dave Allen caught me up and then passed me at about 22 miles. From this point I was always looking over my shoulder for Nicky who I knew would turn up before the finish. Sure enough with about a mile to go she appeared running at the same solid pace she started the race but with the finish being at the bottom of the hill I just managed to hold her off.
PB for both of us though and it later transpired that Dave had only just finished after suffering over the last few miles. so after 33 miles of running at our own pace we all came in within a few minutes of each other under 5.30
Ian
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