After exploring the National Forest, or at least a few fields of shrubs, in the Midlands on Saturday, we headed up to Calver in Derbyshire for the Dark and White Mini Mountain Marathon 3 hour score event on Sunday. The weather was glorious and we both had a really enjoyable time. We independently choose the same route (although I went first!), circling Calver atop the surrounding hills. Richard did go a little further than me … he managed 28.5 km and 840 m of climb and I ran 26 km with 810 m of climb.
Here’s Richard’s route…. I had a GPS too, but it only captured the first two controls before running out of battery/space of a combination of both!
I thought Richard looked like he was about to collapse, until I realised it was taken on the slant! 🙄
It certainly doesn’t look like I’m running 😳 , although I assure you I was!
I thought we could have some great headlines for that last picture. Richard, all in black, running past a car park, with two people (boys on blue) in hot pursuit.