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Penyfan ascent FKT?

I’ve come home for a week and just before I finish up my running season, I thought I’d make good use of my form and try to beat my PB on the uphill climb to Penyfan, from Pont Ar Daf. I’d always wanted to own the fastest time for the ascent (and descent) of penyfan,
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End of Season summary – highs and lows, what’s next

So I finished my racing season at Limone Skyrace this weekend. After the double KM de Chando I set a new PB in the vertical kilometer, achieving 35’18” at VGS (vertical du grand serre) despite feeling a bit rough and with heavy legs. I believe if I raced at Fully with that form I could
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Back to racing – Double KM de Chando

On Saturday 23rd September I returned to racing this summer at the KM de Chando, a double vertical kilometer. I decided this would be a great race to do to in a block of races that will end with the Limone Skyrace in October. As a part of the double VK world cup now I
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Youth Skyrunning Championships

July 28th VK Arinsal, July 30th Skyrace Arinsal. Every runner has their excuses, why they weren’t at their best on race day. After losing all hope and fitness after an injury in spring I got back into really hard training just 3-4 weeks before the races. Obviously this is hardly any time to build up
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Diagonale du Mont Joly – Jan 2017

My second race of the skimo season. I was nervous before starting as I had been ski instructing every day for 2 weeks and knew my legs were heavy. But still, I felt very fit and managed to keep training a lot every night after work. I finished in 45 minutes and surprisingly, first place
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Verbier night race

I was really excited for my first skimo race, not just for the season but my first ever race. It started off well, I found myself amongst the top 10 and feeling good. At 500m it was so icy, and I was racing on 59mm skins that had about 150,000Vm in them. This cost me
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Fan Fawr race – 18’30”

A successful weekend with a victory in the Fan Fawr fell race, local to me at my home in Wales. After the last 3 weeks of vertical racing at Diagonale Mont Joly, KMV Nantaux and KM de Chando I now feel in great shape. I won in 18’30” with a strong uphill lead and held
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Chamonix Cross 23km

I did this race last year and finished 34th. My goal was to finish in the top 15 despite the course being flat for the first half which doesn’t suit me best. I was running great 3/4 into the race until I slipped on the wet descent and crash! I grazed and cut the right
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Chamonix KMV

Verticale du Mole

Sunday the 12th June – I ran my first ever vertical kilometer race, the Verticale du Mole. I was really happy coming 2nd in my age category Espoir, and 14th overall scratch. I finished in 42’49” which is ok but I was aiming for something closer to the 40 minute mark. I will be back
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