Devils Burden - 23 jan

Did the Devils Burden relay race round the lomond hills today as part of a 6man Harriers team. Leg 1 was James and Jak from Falkland over east lomond to near Scotlandwell. Leg 2 was Gordon up and over the hill into Scotlandwell. Leg 3 was the biggy- Phil and Andy from Scotlandwell up over Bishops hill and west lomond to Strathmilgo. My leg was the easiest - from Strathmilgo to Falkland after a short [in comparison] 200m climb onto the flank of the lomond hills. My leg was about 4.5 miles and I was expecting a time of 50mins or so, but ran my sides out and did it in about 43-45 mins [not sure exactly] which is probably sub 10min/mile and for me off road is excellent.

Still shaking from the effort now, a few hours later.

Excellent event with massive turnout [176 teams of 6 people]. Totally stoked by it!

One thing i did notice was how much harder i ran WITHOUT the iPod. Also having the Garmin watch on helped keep the pace right as it told me roughly how far I had gone and hence how much further to go. So from now on it is train with the Ipod, especially for the long stuff, but no Ipod for races.