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STRAVA FEED

If you can't beat it...

Join it!

Many Go Veggies have been thwarted this past couple of weeks with numerous events (mainly parkruns) having been cancelled due to dangerous conditions.

Turning adversity into opportunity, Steve C and Len shrugged off the recent ice, snow, and gales and made a CaniX bid for Black Hill in the Peak District. This peak, at 582m, is the highest point in West Yorkshire. The name comes from the exposed peat all around the summit but - in typical Steve and Len fashion, a peaty county high-point just isn't deemed tough enough. The endurance duo took the summit on in very heavy weather which necessitated much deep snow-drift bashing and a bit of a cross country pioneering trail to get off the hill in one piece.

Fortunately the duo have a well practised adverse-conditions nutritional contingency which consists mainly of hassling strangers for sandwiches. Rumour has it Steve gets most of his own food this way too...


Up and at 'em in 2015

GV had a good number of members out and about this past weekend with appearances in cross country, trail race, and parkruns.

Emma S and Claire W took to Nostell Priory parkrun on Saturday, running it with their respective canine companions, Claire gave her new Go Veggie vest an airing too; helping immensely to get the subliminal message well and truly out there.

Sunday saw round 3/5 in the PECO cross country series with this particular round staged at Beckett Park in Leeds. Mick, Rose and Emma were again in stalwart-like attendance and all performed at the top of their game with some very credible 'counting-for-team' runs. Emma and Rose had top half and top third of their category finishes respectively whilst Mick had a top-third-of-the-male-field-overall result.

Sunday also saw a welcome return to racing for Steve C (pic) who has had a tough time of it in recent months with recurring injuries. Steve C was joined by a semi-hibernating Steve W at Reddish Vale Country Park, Stockport, for the annual running of a really nice event; the Hit The Trail 5. The event is a well organised, friendly, and true multi-terrain affair with a combination of tarmac, hard-pack trails and fully off-road (muddy) single track sections. The event also sports some very nasty little climbs, including a much-respected and even slightly feared 'stairs' section.

Steve C managed the course without any apparent problems which is mighty encouraging for the coming months. We look forward to Steve's GV return to the Cani-X and mega-endurance events scenes. Steve W also made it round without incident, forcing a reluctant winter-padded body to a top-10%-overall finishing spot.




Brutish Brontë Country

Rosie Wigg was in exalted company in the latest edition of the Wooden Tops' Auld Land Syne fell race which was run, as hinted at in the title, on 31st December 2014.

The race, though 'only' a little under 10K, is run over genuine upland Pennine moorland near Howarth, Keighley and as a result is renowned for its tough going. The attrition was high with several competitors helped / carried off the course. Though putting in a credible run, Rose did not escape the clutches of the terrain and at one point unexpectedly sank knee deep in bog and executed a pretty solid face-plant. She's made of tough stuff though and after a bit of a wipe and a peaty-splutter just got on with it.

For the record, Alistair Brownlee won, Jonny was third, and a few other pro athletes made the top ten in what to them are low-key appearances. One particularly unusual but very competitive visit was from perhaps the fastest triathlon swimmer in the world at the moment, Slovakia's Richard Varga.

Rose can certainly pick interesting races...


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