I missed the first Trunce of 2012 because of my stoopid job but resolved to do the second, despite the fact that I had done the Hell on Th'Ills Duathlon the day before.
I thought a ride there from Barnsley station would do me good but that only seemed to make my legs stiffer as they were out in the cold. By the time I got there, I was making deals with myself that if I got there before 6:30 I would run so I didn't have to rush around and risk injury.
I got there at 6:23 and damned myself for doing so.
I jogged up the first hill and talked on the way down. Because I hadn't brought dry socks or my fell shoes I resorted to the stepping stones for the river crossing which only lost me a few places I quickly regained.
I walked up the steep hill through the woods but ran my normal descent because the going was good under foot.
The second river crossing I did on stepping stones but I enjoyed the flat running sections this time because I managed to keep my place.
The final river crossing was a bit hairy and the ascent even worse as all the other runners had made the surface wet and slippery.
I knew my legs were a mess when I reached the final downhill but I managed to keep my place, in spite of stopping to fasten my shoe laces.
I crossed the line in 42 minutes. Could do better, but I'm not sure I could with a duathlon in my legs.
The ride home to sheffield took me 1 hour. For 9 miles. Atrocious!
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