Drymen - Balmaha 6.8 miles (11k). (1:00:45)
My last "harder" session before the Fling. I wanted to check out the condition of the WHW between Drymen and Balmaha and also check out my latest running shoe acquisition. Salomon SLABs.
Silke dropped me at the Drymen Checkpoint and I ran the normal route until the Garadhban Forest car park.
The place was covered in diversion signs pointing westwards down the tarmac road. I.e. from that one would assume that the classic West Highland Way route was closed. There were quite a few walkers around which all did not seem to bother with that diversion and went the normal route. So did I. In fact there were no signs of any forest work and the route was not obstructed at all.
I reached the bottom of conic hill a decided for a last eyeballs out uphill session (before the Fling) as advised by my unofficial ultra coach (lets call him Mr C). And ran the entire hill. Downhill I took it easier though since my knee was still a bit sore. Finished that section in one hour (much faster than the planned 1:20).
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Thomas, sound like you are up for Saturday,i saw your previous post, great mileage. the SLAB is a great shoe, my mate who lives down under swears by them,i think its the sponsorship he gets, i was thinking of investing in a pair. like yourself i was in the forest last week with the signs up but i too ran through them as it was quiet , best wishes for Saturday.
Crazy by name, crazy by nature. See you Saturday. Possibly near Inversnaid again :-) x
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