M45L was 6.6k with 425m of climb and 16 controls, and took me 49 minutes.
Angle Tarn Pikes is located to the south of Place Fell and Ullswater, and gives fantastic views of the Helvellyn range to the west. It has a wealth of contour and rock detail, little bracken and provides good fell orienteering - so typical of the Lake District.
I felt I ran a good technical race and felt strong, physically. My route to number 1 followed the path to the south and whilst safe, a bolder more direct route, would have saved a few seconds!
Leg 6 to 7 crossed a wall which I was under the impression (from a comment in the programme) had to be crossed at a crossing point. The line went straight between the controls, was broken at the wall and crossing points were marked to the east and west. The descriptions made no reference to using a crossing point. I crossed the (most southerly) eastern crossing point. Many others I spoke to went straight, taking advantage of a gap in the wall; whilst a few (John Tullie and Donald Petrie included) went to the western crossing point. Confusion and uncertainty all round!!
10 to 11 was a long leg of 1.5k. I ran the whole leg to the east of the line, but everybody else I spoke to ran (the northern part) to the west. I'm looking forward to seeing the splits, because although my route had more climb, the climb was gradual and therefore runnable, and my route wasn't far off the line!
Comparing splits with Andy Hyslop, I also realised I was losing time on short, steep downhill legs. I lost ca 10 seconds from 8 to 9, another ca 10 seconds from 11 to 12 and a whopping 18 seconds on the run in to the finish!
Results.
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