Howgills Half : Brutal
I made a comment and posted some lovely photos on a facebook status by Epic Events , which resulted in my winning a race entry for myself and a friend to the Howgills Half or full Marathon! I was very excited, I love winning running stuff, and after being unable to attend the last race entry I won I was determined to make this one! I in boxed my friend who loves running the hills and trails, she jumped at the chance to come along. We entered and received our email confirmations. Only as I entered did I actually look at what I had actually won ... I thought that I had won a nice trail run in the lakes. No. It was a Mountain running race! I've never run a mountain, the hilliest hills I had done were Rivington , and they killed me! I didn't think too much more of it, afterall it was only 13 mile, and I had recently run/walked the Darwin 10k [Jackals Run] and I had Rivington to practise on. I could get up and down those ok ... I'd be fine! As the event loomed I had se...