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Is this the first time you have done the Goatfell Hill Race? I have

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climbed the hill before, I have walked t I have never wanted to run

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it, I don't know why I have put an entry in today, I'm in for it now.

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How are you feeling before the start? I'm feeling all right, a pit

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bit apprehensive, I haven't done the race before, I'm not all that

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good on rocky descents. We will handle it OK today. I have done it

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many times. The first time was in 1985. That was my very first-ever

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hill race. Give it bash, get the view at the top. Joining this

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year's competitors, everyone from veterans to first-timers, Deziree

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is also keen to give it bash. feeling nervous, we have been here

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for ail whoo, we have time to sit and get apprehensive. It looks a

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long way away. The very fact you can see, I think it is an advantage.

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It doesn't look hugely far away, compared to some hill races?

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Really? If you have binoculars it looks very close! It looks very far

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away. I'm going to have coffee when you are away. I have noticed to

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bacon roll kiosk. I'm upset by that, might have a stretch!

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There is a strong line-up in male and female catagories, tipped to do

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well is Carnethey runner Jasmin Paris. It looks like a real

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mountain, I'm looking forward to it. It is impressive, it should be nice

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running on an island, turning around and seeing the sea and

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everything. In the men's category, someone who has been at the top of

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the sport for many years, is the veteran runner, Brian Marshall.

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race like this is very good to come on a ferry to an island, cup of tea

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and fish and chips on the way home, that you feel you have deserved.

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Today Brian is up against one of the best, the man who set a new

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record for the traverse of Skye's ridge, Es. The race should be

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straight forward. It is up and down. It is a nice hill, he haven't done

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it before, yeah, it is always nice to come to the islands and do some

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racing. Right now it is almost time for the off.

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Goatfell's 2,860-foot summit lies ahead. Everyone looks really fit,

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I'm nervous, they look way fitter than me. Glad to get started. Here

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is the drum roll, this is us ready to go, wish me luck.

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There they are at the start of the Arran Goatfell Hill Race 2012. They

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are off. 15kms ahead of them, 874ms up

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Goatfell, first of all, it is round the park here to get it nice and

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easy, get the legs shaken out. Get the blood start pumping, because,

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once they leave here they are on to the tarmac for around 2kms, then

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they start the climb up Goatfell. Off they go.

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Deziree coming through there, number 34.

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Just through the start. There she Looking happy. Looking smiley, as

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the park is left behind, heading up on Goatfell. It is not just Deziree

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with a tough job today, spare a thought for our cameraman, who is

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trying to keep up and film at the same time. It is a swift start.

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is. I hope the people are burning themselves out, and I will overtake

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them all later. Nice to have a bit of a flat section before we get on

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to the steep. Deziree's currently near the back of the pack, but she

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has set herself a steady pace, so how is she feeling about her

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preparation. I don't really compete in things,

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so I don't really have anything to judge myself against, I guess I

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have done a lot of running over the last few months, but I haven't done

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much of this kind of stuff, steep assents and descents, I will have

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to give it and go and drink lots of coffee. You say you are not

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competitive? That is why I don't compete, because I want to win.

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What is your strategy for the race, will you get with someone who looks

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good? Run really fast for two hours! A few folks have said to me

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take it easy on the flat stuff at the start, there is a couple of

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kilometres on the track to start with. A few folks go pull pelt on

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that and when they get to the gradient, they are tired out. So

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take it more steady than I normally would. The climb starts. Are we

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nearly there, yet. As Deziree battles on. Out in the lead is Es

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Tresidder, he's closely followed by Graeme Campbell, someone who is

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consistently in the top ten. They have already managed to break-away

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from the test of the field. Chasing them are a group of three, led by

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the veteran runner, Brian Marshall. After two kilometres of road

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bashing, the real work starts here. Once you have had the nice warm-up

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for the first five or six minutes, it is pretty much climbing all the

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way to the top. If you take that too fast, you know by the time you

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get three quarters a way up. By the time you get to that sort of stage

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it is the usual kind of hands on, hands on knees to push yourself up.

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Jasmin Paris is leading the women's race, but she knows a race like

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this is about more than coming first. The people are fantastic, it

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is a very laidback, low-key sport, you can run with the very best of

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runners and worst of runners, and everybody is having a good time and

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want other people to do equalry well. It is not really competitive

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-- equally well. It is not r really competitive, it is to a degree, but

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it is about having fun and enjoying the mountains. Can't speak too much,

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because I have a stitch. But so far so good. It is a really nice

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community of people. It is a small community of people, you go around

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the races and meet the same people over and over again. Do you look

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out for each other on the hill? Definitely, you have to, it's

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pretty scary out there sometimes. It is always nice having someone

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there, so you know you are vaguely going in the right direction,

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especially on races you haven't done before. It feels very

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reassuring when you are in a group rather than on your own in the

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middle of nowhere in the mi. You know that at least your -- in the

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mist. You know at least you're not the only one going wrong.

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Further up the hill, the leaders are into the serious climbing. Es

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Tresidder is still in the lead, but Graeme Campbell is hard on his

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heels. And in third place is Brian Marshall. He's currently broken

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away from the second-place group. In the women's race, a former

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winner here, Jill Mykura, has overtaken Jasmin Paris. This is

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already turning into battle between these two competitors, Jasmine is

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not far behind and still going well. We will stake a short break on the

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action here at Arran, as they tackle the summit of Goatfell.

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Deziree put in a lot of training for the event, but she took a day

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with Cameron McNeish to test out the best outdoor gear on offer.

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I can't tell you how great it is to be out here, away from the hustle

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and bustle of the competition. Getting out and about to beautiful

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places is how I normally enjoy myself. Today Cameron and I will

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find out what each of us think is the best overnight kit. When it

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comes to backpacking I like to go light, I have to say ultralight. To

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a nerdish degree. As I get older, my hips and ankles and various

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points can't cope with the 35-40 pounds I used today carry. It helps

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me walk longer and faster. It helps to get backpacking as light as

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possible. How How light can you go and still

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be safe and warm in the hills. We will find that out today. In the

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end we all have a different view of what is necessary I like to keep

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the weight down when camping, but not at all costs, I like a good

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night's sleep, so I like to take things with me that are comfortable.

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I have no idea what you have packed, I think your pack is a little bit

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bigger than mine. Let's weigh them and see what I have got and what

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you are carrying. I happen to have this clever weighing device here.

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Let's have a look? It looks about 16.4 pounds, maybe putting the food

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in it will put it close to 20. Let's check mine. I always aim to

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get a base pack weight of less than 10 pounds. 9.2. Just gone down to

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nine. That's not bad. That's nice and light, great when you are

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walking, but is there enough to keep you comfortable at night. I

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think you take that pack and try it at night. I like the idea of you

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carrying my heavy pack. I'm a little concerned, have you got a

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sleeping bag or bubble wrap! Let's go to a lovely little spot where

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there are old Shielings and a nice beach.

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We have come to Moidart, one of the country's most spectacular

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landscapes, it is west of Fort William, and south of Mallaig, it

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is an ideal place to travel on foot and test gear.

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This is light-weight backpacking is interesting, people say it is a

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culmination of the small things that make up the weight. It isn't,

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it is the big items, it is the sleeping bag, stove and insulating

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bag, if you can get those down. feel I'm happy to carry extra

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pounds so I'm comfortable and have something more robust. You are

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getting the advantage just now of walking for hours in something that

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can weigh next to nothing. I can walk for hours with a big pack as

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When we have walked up here I'm thinking what has she got in here,

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hair curlers or hair straighteners or a purse full of bits and pieces

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that women use. A big purse full of pieces that women use, what is in

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that? Make-up and things like, that toothpaste, soap, you haven't got

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any of that? At least I know I will be warm when I get to the campsite.

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You might not be, you will be using my kit! I forget! Look at this,

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this is lovely. A great collection of old-looking buildings, it is

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traditionalvilleage there is no road to this place, folks would

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have looked at boats to get in here. If you look at the Shielings, if

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you look at the walls no thatches over them. Look at the kayakers,

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that is the way to get there. beautiful collection of islands. It

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is great isn't it. Fabulous.

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What do you think it would have been like living here 200 years

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ago? It is so hard to imagine. Part of you thinks, because there's lots

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of holiday homes here now, isn't there. These are mostly look like

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holiday homes, you think, obviously people see this as an idyllic place

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to be. I suppose it is, in way, but I would imagine that life here 24/7

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would actually be really pretty hard. Looking around, there is a

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few little houses here, there is not loads, you would have had to

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have gotten on with the people who lived here, you wouldn't have seen

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many other folks here at all I would imagine.

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Despite the horrible underfoot conditions and the midges, I'm

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enjoying the exploratory nature of this. It feels really wild, doesn't

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it. There is something about coming to places you have never been

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before that is just really exciting. You don't even have to be doing

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that much, just wandering through this kind of landscape. It is

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absolutely stunning, isn't it? How has the pack felt on the way

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in? I'm not used to carrying a pack, although this isn't heavy, as packs

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go, I'm not used to it, it is pulling me back a wee bit. How are

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you doing? I haven't noticed it's on, which is great for the walk in,

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it will be interesting to see how much comfort I feel from actually

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using the stuff that's inside it? It will be very interesting!

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If you are already thinking that both of those packs Way weigh a lot

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less than what you would normally carry, stay with us, later we will

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see how going lightweight -- packs weigh a lot less than you would

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normally carry, stay with us and see how lightweight packing goes.

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Well done, smile for the camera. What do you think? I'm running!

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Cheers. Welcome back to the Isle Of Arran

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and the Goatfell Hill Race, Deziree seemed in good spirits with Cameron

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today. But she's taking part today, she has to get to the top of that

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hill as fast as she can and back down to the bottom. I wonder how

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she's feeling now. I have had a stitch since the get-go, I still

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have it. I decided walking was the best strategy.

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Neerp at the top. I'm not going to stop, but any chance of water when

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I get back down, have you one handy. I think they have one at top. Top

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is just round the corner. I think you are something like third or

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fourth at the moment. I have not seen them come down yet either. You

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are not that far behind. Nice one. As Deziree heads up the final ridge

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to the summit, further down the hill, many competitors are still

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coming on to the steep ground. Some have done this race many times

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before. And one man's has returned for a very specific purpose. I have

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come to get my teeth back from a few years ago. I took a flyer and

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bruised, knocked teeth, all sorts of stuff. I said to the hospital

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and I said to the doctor, my mouth was out here, I said will I be able

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to play the clarinet when it clears up, he said, yes, I said that's

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fantastic, I can't play it now! I have been waiting years to say that.

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I jogged back, I didn't finish the race, first one ever. You are going

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to finish this one? You better believe it. There is no doubting

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the passion and commitment of these competitors, this isn't a long

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event. But it can certainly be a tricky one. It is completely

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different to say running a marathon or running on the road. You have to

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think a lot more about where you are putting your feet, there is a

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bit more kind of fluidity it, if you like. It is not just putting

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one foot in front of the other. I actually prefer that, to be honest.

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I may appear to be slow, if you speed it up I'm doing all right!

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You get to see some great places in Scotland. It is much different to

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road running, because you get really fast bits, but other bits

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are hands and knees pushing up the hill, it is varied all the time

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really. It is just getting away from the hustle and bustle, it is

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the peace, quiet and doing exercise. It is much better than running on

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theed road. You can go where you want to go. It clears the head, it

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is good. This is my first Goatfell Hill Race, I have always wanted to

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do it. It may be Graeme Campbell's first time competing on Goatfell,

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but he's having a great race. As they approach the summit, he's in

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second place, hot on the heels of Es Tresidder, he won the jurra race

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last year, so he is no stranger to winning. Will he win this year?

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don't know I'm living abroad at the moment, I don't get to race against

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the people I'm racing against today, it is difficult to know until you

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get into it. I have been running over in Belgium, and running well

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there. Is the experience in Europe a different one? It is different in

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Belgium, because the level is lower because they don't have mountains.

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Here it tends to be rocky and steep and rough. Races on the continent

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don't to be less technical. Brian Marshall has shaken off the

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competition and is well established in fourth place. Former winner here,

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this is a race he really enjoys. You can stand in Brodick and see

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the summit. You know maybe in Stone Age times men were standing here

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saying to each other, I bet you I can go up faster than you up that

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hill. It is a primitive thing, you see the summit and start on the

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Main Street, and back and out, and people in their houses don't care.

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They don't want to know. And there is some logic to running up and

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down Goatfell. How are you feeling? Not too bad.

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Enjoying it still? I am. How are you feeling? Very good, glad to be

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here. Did you enjoy that? It was fun.

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All right there. It is just being out and getting to fantastic spots

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like this, you know. You don't do that in a road race, or, I don't

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know, triathlon, there is running around the track, you can't beat

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this sort of countryside. Give us a wave!? Thank you. How are you

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feeling? Not too bad. Are you enjoying it? So far, so good.

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me, out in the wilds with usually fewer people. I don't know, just

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getting away from it all, and seeing the views, and just the

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exhileration of running back down is phenomenal. It is just putting

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on your shoes and Government for me, you don't think about anything else,

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it is just like one step after another. It is just being outside,

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just feeling fit, that's sort of uplifting. It is addictive. There

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will be a bit of pain during every race you do, but it must be very

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addictive, already you are thinking, I will do it again! How are you

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feeling? All right, I wish I could see down to the sea. As she hits

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the top, Jill Mykura's addiction is paying off, she has snatched the

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lead from Jasmin Paris. Jill is one of Scotland's top fell runners.

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What is the secret of being so fast on the hill? Just go out for runs

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and try to do a long run at weekends and try to keep it going

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during the week, mix it up a little bit. You know don't really put too

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much thought into it, I know that I need to do a long run once a week,

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and maybe some fast stuff inbetween. Where I live we're at the coast, it

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is up and Downey, and up and Downey, I have a little practice at hills,

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no big climbs like that. I don't think I would want to run up hill

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for 50 minutes either, unless I was racing. This race you can see the

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top from the start, is that a daunting prospect standing on the

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start line? I think it is more inspiring for me, and slightly

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Skarey. You think how can I get to the top, but you just manage.

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Unfortunately today you can see down to the sea and realise you are

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on an island, and that magical feel. Still, it is still breath taking,

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it is still magical. There used to be a nice view up

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here. Deziree is now approaching the top, but I'm not sure whether

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she would describe it as magical. Water please. How are you feeling?

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All right. What do you think of the track? It's God, back down the same

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way. Amazingly she's in third place. She certainly didn't think she

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would be that fast? I'm hoping just two hours. You have given yourself

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an easy one to smash it? I will be happy with two hours. You won't be

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happy with that, seriously, what are you thinking, you are not

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thinking two hours, you are thinking less than that, you must

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be? If I was going to push it to a limit, 1.45. That's more honest?

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I could get that I would be really happy. I have no idea if I can do

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that or not. This is Deziree's first Goatfell Race, but it is a

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long established event in the fell- running calendar. Its origins,

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however, are shrouded in history. don't think anybody knows when the

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race of first run, there is anecdotal evidence of it running in

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the 1930s and 40s. How are you feeling? Excellent. Nearly at the

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top. The cup was first presented in 1953,

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bringing people over for the Arran Welcome Weeks, which ran for before

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seven or eight years, and it was just to provide an attraction for

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people who were over here on holiday, more as spectators, not

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many people who were on holiday ran the race. And the field of about

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eight or nine in those days. were involved in organising it for

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a long time, did you have challenging years? We have had

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years where there has been snow down on the summit, and we have had

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to rearrange the route to go over a much lower course. It was a

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championship race about four or five years ago, with the mountain

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rescue team recording winds of 70 miles an hour at the top. That

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proved a bit challenging, one or two competitors were blown well

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towards the edge, but fortunate lie nobody blown off it. Those were

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probably the most extreme conditions we have had. Luckily

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conditions aren't that bad this year, even so, I'm glad it is

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Deziree up there, and not me. But, if you're thinking of extreme

:26:41.:26:46.

conditions, it doesn't get much harder than those in the Himalayas.

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One veteran Scottish climber is back home celebrating a successful

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as scent of a major peak by a new route. A line that has been called

:26:55.:27:02.

the last great Himalyan problem. Sandy Allan lives in the Cairngorms,

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and Cameron McNeish caught up with him on glentl ground near his home.

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Will you be able to walk with feet like that? It will be OK as long as

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we don't do any technical climbing, I think we will be OK. It strikes

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me, I have never had a walk with someone with frost bitten toes?

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friend reckons his toes are frozen down to here, it is a slight chance

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he will lose the tip of some of his toes, I will lose two toenails,

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that will probably be all. Earlier this year the Scottish climber,

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Sandy Allan, stood on the top of the world's ninth highest mountain,

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naing naing. It translates as -- Nanga, there is no easy way up. He

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and his partner, Rick Allen, made their ascent by the moz zeen know

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ridge, it is a staggering 13km ridge. Sandy attempted it 13 years

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ago, but this epic route had defeated everyone until now. It is

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covered in snow and ice with huge cornices, with seven summits along

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its way. Some of them very technical, very steep pinnacles,

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and quite hard technical climbing. When you are on this ridge, is

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there any way off it other than retracing your steps or going

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forward? Once you are on the main ridge properly, there is a point

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there is called "the point of no return", once you get through there,

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you are really committed, until you get to the moz seen know gap where

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there are -- Mozeno gap, where there are ways down.

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Rick Allen reached the summit with Sandy, and the South African

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climber Cathy O'Dowd, were joined by three Sherpa friends, all expert

:29:08.:29:12.

climbers. Because the ridge is no difficult, nobody had managed to

:29:12.:29:22.
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get beyond the Mozeno Gap, two kilometres short of the summit.

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Traverseed the ridge they decided to try a line to the top. It proved

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too much for them, exhausted and food supplies running low, they

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retreated to the gap and admitted defeat. At that point in the tent

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we were all there, that point Rick and I agreed to go down. That night

:29:42.:29:46.

I had fantastic sleep, and I asked Katy if she wanted to go down, and

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she was adamant she did. I asked around to see what was happening, I

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I have known Rick for a long time and he's tenacious, I shouted

:29:56.:30:00.

across that I might stay up. The good things about them going down,

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when we went all around the little plastic bags of food, we found

:30:03.:30:13.
:30:13.:30:14.

about the equivalent of a pact of digestive biscuits -- packet of

:30:14.:30:19.

digestive biscuits, we thought that was good, at that altitude your

:30:19.:30:23.

body doesn't digest food that well. How was the feeling when you

:30:23.:30:29.

reached the summit? We arrived at 2.00pm at the summit area, we

:30:29.:30:32.

thought we knew it really well, because we had been there three

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years ago. We couldn't find the summit, because there is a peg

:30:36.:30:40.

hammered in and a snow stake and a bit of wire. We couldn't find t we

:30:40.:30:45.

had to go over and back over the peaks, and we didn't find the view

:30:45.:30:52.

summit until 6.12, we recorded it on the watch. We had to spend an

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extra four hours at 8,000ms, that we didn't need to, we were elated.

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We did get into serious problems, we had no lighter, and everyone

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take note not to do that. Down at 7,720ms, we couldn't get the stove

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to light, the lighter had different up. I had storm matches with me,

:31:20.:31:24.

but the box had totally disintegrated and the paper on the

:31:24.:31:28.

side wouldn't light the matches, we were searching around and trying

:31:28.:31:31.

all sorts of things. We couldn't get the stove to light. That meant

:31:31.:31:36.

we had no water, that is really serious at those sort of altitudes.

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That sort of altitude it is more serious having no water than food?

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Yes, all the medical people say seven litres a day, we weren't

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having any. There wasn't much we could do but try to get down.

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are in a position getting pretty close to the edge between being

:31:54.:32:01.

ambitious and committed. And then almost unjustified risk, were you

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aware you were at that cusp? don't think we were at that cusp, I

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think I have got this reputation for being a very safe and stable

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climber, you know, we never got to the stage where we had fever, and

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we thought we have to do this or die. I never really get to that

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point. There is a lot of people say what you did was very risky,

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totally committing, you were really pushing the boat out. At what point

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did you realise, this is not justified any longer? I wonder, I

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have never come to that point yet! I suppose I have on other mountains,

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you go this is dangerous now sometimes on an avalanche slope you

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know not to go near it, you try to reason it out, you know there is

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something helping you, some spiritual connection, or a seventh

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sense. What you have achieved is the equivalent of winning an

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Olympic gold meddlia, yet you probably won't make a lot of money

:32:55.:32:59.

out of it. How does that make you feel? That is mountaineering, I

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don't care. Most of us say the competition is really within

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ourselves. All the good climbers who are achieving high grade routes

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and doing new climbs would say. That the competition isn't with

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other people, it is within themselves, to see if they can do

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it and have the discipline to do it. It has been a lifelong ambition, at

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least it is 18 years, we were 18 days in the hills, a day for every

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day I have been thinking about that mountain really. Congratulations

:33:30.:33:40.
:33:40.:33:40.

from all of us at the Adventure Show to Sandy, Rick and everyone

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else on the expedition. I have been set a challenge of my own, not in

:33:44.:33:50.

the Himalayas but the hills of home. Said yes to the producer of The

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Adventure Show, when I should have said no.

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Fancy a bike ride, they said, you know me, always up for going out on

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my bike, what I didn't know was what type of bike ride it was.

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I had inadvertantly volunteered for the Snow Roads, that is an Audax,

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cycling jargon for a very long bike ride. This one is 300kms, that is

:34:18.:34:22.

186 miles, around the eastern edges of the Cairngorms.

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Do the sums, even averaging a nipy 15 miles an hour, that is --

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nippy15 miles an hour, that is many hours in the saddle. It is really

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hilly, 4,800ms of climbing, that is like cycling up Ben Nevis three-

:34:40.:34:45.

and-a-half times. Give me a break! So, I need help, I have arranged to

:34:45.:34:53.

meet one of Scotland's best young cyclists to give me some tips. She

:34:53.:34:56.

has been a member of the Scotland cycling time, but this year not so

:34:56.:35:01.

kind, she has broken her wrist in a crash in a road accident. But she

:35:01.:35:07.

as on the mend. Back in action at Holland at the weekend. Here we

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don't have enough girls for second race so we're in with the guys,

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we're overseas and racing against champions of all different

:35:16.:35:20.

disciplines, it is race against the best cyclists in the world, day in

:35:20.:35:25.

day out, it can only improve yourself. Bumpity bumpity, how are

:35:25.:35:29.

you? I'm good, how are you. Really looking forward to doing this

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challenge, not. 300kms, it is 185 miles, it will be really tough, but

:35:33.:35:38.

the climbs, how do I go about getting through that bit without

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feeling miserable? People think it is 100% ability and fitness, that

:35:41.:35:46.

is the only way you go up a hill, but, obvious lo a climb is a skill

:35:46.:35:50.

in -- obviously, a climb is a skill in itself, natural ability has to

:35:50.:35:54.

be there and fitness, it is also how you tackle the climb and pos

:35:54.:35:59.

thinking. Which you have -- positive thinking. Which you have

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shown me you are not looking forward to it at all. Change my

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attitude? Yes, the brain is a muscle and large one nobody uses.

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If you think you have come to the basic climb and you have thought, I

:36:11.:36:15.

hate it, I can't climb, you have already beaten the time you have to

:36:15.:36:17.

climb. I don't think we should attack it straight away, let's get

:36:18.:36:24.

a wee run down the hill? It's best to get a run at it, it is quite

:36:24.:36:27.

steep. Positive attitude, I nearly fell over there. Positive attitude.

:36:27.:36:32.

Hills are your friends. The hills are your friends! The thing I find

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is I run out of puff very quickly, I will start at the bottom of a

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climb and think it is OK, and around the corner it goes up again,

:36:42.:36:47.

and you think, oh no, and my legs feel like blancmange. Is it a

:36:47.:36:52.

fitness thing? It is, but it is also about gearing, it is before

:36:52.:36:56.

you reach the climb, don't choose the biggest gear you have, you

:36:56.:37:00.

won't make it to the top of the climb in that. Sitting down or

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standing up, what is the rules? Transference, I think once you have

:37:05.:37:09.

spun your gear and you can't get any more of it out, then you get

:37:09.:37:15.

out of your saddle. You use your legs to give your bum and back a

:37:15.:37:19.

rest of climbing. Positive thinking will get you through it. Just enjoy

:37:19.:37:27.

it! Out of the saddle Doug! there a position when you are out

:37:27.:37:32.

of the saddle? So you don't lean too far that your back wheel starts

:37:32.:37:36.

to skid, this is obviously a steep climb, try to balance it that you

:37:36.:37:41.

are near the front wheel, but obviously not so far, in the centre

:37:41.:37:47.

so your centre of gravity is keeping the bike in place. We're

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just about there, I can see daylight again! In terms of 300kms

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Audax, what kind of training should I have put in at this point?

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hours, you should have prepared yourself for the distance, there is

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lots of climbs for it, you should have been practising climbs because

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your heart rate will be high, so your body will have to recognise

:38:10.:38:15.

being in that state. Positive mental attitude. Keep it smooth,

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keep within your zone and just peddle up each climb the same, I

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guess. Do you it won't matter how fast you are going, you are doing

:38:24.:38:27.

it to complete it, it will be good enough for Lance Armstrong, good

:38:27.:38:30.

enough for you. He maybe had slightly different goals to me, I

:38:30.:38:37.

hear what you are saying? He kept a nice smooth, fast cadance not to

:38:37.:38:41.

overload your muscles, it is long, you don't want a hard cadance from

:38:41.:38:45.

the start and overloading your muscles. I have a lot of training

:38:45.:38:53.

still to do? Sorry, I have to agree with that! Let's head on. Back down

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the hill. This is the best part. Down the hill.

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Let's go. Don't fall off on the gravel, you

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beasty! You know sometimes you think you have bitten off more than

:39:05.:39:12.

you can chew, that's me, right now. And as I start to burn up the miles

:39:13.:39:19.

in an attempt to get fit, let's rejoin Deziree and Cameron in that

:39:19.:39:27.

remote beach in Moidart, and see how far you can comfortably go with

:39:27.:39:32.

your lightweight backpack and gear. We are going to have a look at the

:39:32.:39:35.

contents of the rucksacks we have been carrying, she has been

:39:36.:39:38.

carrying mine, I have been carrying her's. It will be really

:39:38.:39:43.

interesting to see what she has in here, and maybe a bit intimidating.

:39:43.:39:48.

Backpacking is such a personal things, and I'm sure we have very

:39:48.:39:51.

different ideas about what we should take with us. Let's see

:39:51.:39:55.

what's in the rucksack, I hope I will have everything I need. I kept

:39:55.:40:01.

my sack to the absolute minimum, less than ten pounds, Deziree's

:40:02.:40:06.

weighed in at 16 pounds, it is quite lightweight, but a lot

:40:06.:40:11.

heavier than mine. There is a lot of stuff in here for being quite

:40:11.:40:17.

light. I won't take that out, it looks like underwear, hopefully it

:40:17.:40:23.

is clean. Smidge. What is this, midge coil. This is really light,

:40:23.:40:29.

whatever it is. A stove, my goodness. Gee whizz, just weighs

:40:30.:40:35.

absolutely nothing at all. That is amazing. I think this is a stove.

:40:35.:40:45.

It looks very complicated. We have some untensils here for eating.

:40:45.:40:52.

nice pink toothbrush, lovely. spare hat here. Ha ha.

:40:52.:40:55.

Interestingly the rucksack itself weighs a lot less than mine, I

:40:55.:40:59.

think that is where a lot of weight saving is coming from. There is

:40:59.:41:04.

more clothes than a London boutiques. This must be sleeping

:41:04.:41:08.

bag, this appears lighter than mine. That feels about half the weight,

:41:08.:41:13.

probably. The sleeping bag, that is heavy, I

:41:13.:41:18.

think that I might be very warm in this. A one-person tent, apparently

:41:18.:41:24.

this weighs about a pound. That is just amazing. OK, let's put the

:41:24.:41:31.

tent up first. The first thing I'm going to do is put a midge net on,

:41:31.:41:36.

the midges here are really bad. I have a midge jacket, I will stick

:41:36.:41:45.

this on before I do anything else. Not very glamorous at all.

:41:45.:41:52.

Unfortunately I'm familiar with this tent. It is a Hilleberg Atko

:41:52.:41:56.

tent, it is about four pounds, four-times the weight of my tent,

:41:56.:42:04.

but it is a very good tent. I have never used these kinds of tents

:42:04.:42:09.

before, I don't know how easy it is to put up. The poles are so light,

:42:09.:42:14.

it feels very fragile. It seems there is a break in that pole, I

:42:14.:42:19.

don't know if that is a deliberate sabotage on Cameron's part. Oh my

:42:19.:42:24.

goodness, look at these, these are needles, I better be careful I

:42:24.:42:29.

don't lose it. I don't need to pin out the guys on this tent, I will

:42:29.:42:33.

any way. I'm so worried I snapped it, I'm sure it is more robust than

:42:33.:42:36.

it looks. There is nothing worse than getting up during the night to

:42:36.:42:42.

put out the guy ropes because it becomes windy. Luckily this ground

:42:42.:42:49.

is brilliant for putting up a tent. The tent sup and time to get

:42:49.:42:57.

organised. This is a pretty standard thermorest, comfortable a

:42:57.:43:03.

good size. She might get a shock when she sees mine. It looks near

:43:03.:43:06.

enough identical, I have to say that is much smaller than the one I

:43:06.:43:11.

would use. This is pretty much only going to give you unsullation and

:43:11.:43:17.

support along the top half of your body. That, for me, is not worth

:43:17.:43:24.

weight saving! I sleep very hot, which means that I like very thin

:43:24.:43:27.

sleeping bags, almost a hanky over me is sufficient for me in the

:43:27.:43:35.

summer. I have a feeling this will be a hot, sweaty, three-season, if

:43:35.:43:39.

not winter sleeping bag. Yeah, it feels very heavy. The sleeping back

:43:39.:43:45.

is a gooz down sleeping bag, it is probably going to be quite -- goose

:43:45.:43:50.

down sleeping bag, it will probably be warm, although small, down

:43:50.:44:00.
:44:00.:44:00.

sleeping bags are better warmth - to-weight ratio, they are very warm.

:44:00.:44:07.

I will probably be OK in this. I first picked up the stove of

:44:07.:44:13.

Deziree's, it seemed very heavy, I was sceptical, it seemed heavy and

:44:13.:44:16.

tipy, now I'm using it at an angle, I'm appreciating the finer points.

:44:16.:44:21.

It is a question of turning on the gas, pressing the little lighter,

:44:21.:44:25.

and there you go. You have the fliem. And the great thing about

:44:25.:44:30.

this, it has been -- the flame. The great thing about this is it has

:44:30.:44:35.

the wind shield so will be fuel efficient. I'm a bit intimidated by

:44:35.:44:41.

lighting this. It is always really hard with mess to tell if it is lit

:44:41.:44:44.

or not. That is one of the reasons why it is not the fuel of choice

:44:44.:44:54.
:44:54.:44:54.

for some folks. Because it is just a really invisible flame. Pot in

:44:54.:45:00.

there that will help to stablise the whole thing. I'm just to go for

:45:00.:45:10.
:45:10.:45:10.

some really simple food. The other thing about meths stoves is they

:45:10.:45:14.

are not variable in terms of the rate of the flame or the strength

:45:14.:45:19.

of the flame, so once this is lit, that's pretty much it, I don't have

:45:19.:45:23.

any control over how fast I want this thing to cook. I guess I just

:45:23.:45:28.

need to leave that for a little while now. That is certainly

:45:29.:45:33.

boiling, that didn't take too long. This is taking quite a long time to

:45:33.:45:37.

cook, apparently because it went out and I didn't realise it went

:45:37.:45:42.

out and my food wasn't cooking. It means the midges are back,

:45:42.:45:47.

unfortunately, I have my midge net back on, it will make it difficult

:45:47.:45:51.

for me to eat my tea, because I can't put the rice through. It is

:45:51.:45:56.

bubbling away furiously, I have no way of turning it down unless I

:45:56.:46:02.

turn it off, I can't see a way to turn it off, rather than letting

:46:02.:46:10.

the meths run out. I think I prefer my one.

:46:10.:46:13.

I was just thinking earlier, Cameron, how there must be so many

:46:14.:46:18.

people who live in this country who have never have seen or maybe ever

:46:18.:46:22.

get the chance to see such an amazing place like this. It is a

:46:22.:46:28.

wee bit special. It really is. was thinking even among the people

:46:28.:46:31.

who go to the mountains, the coastal scene is very different,

:46:31.:46:36.

with the sea like this, so flat calm, the sun going down, the

:46:36.:46:40.

islands appearing, there is something magical and essentially

:46:40.:46:43.

elemental about it. It is just empty, we haven't seen anybody all

:46:43.:46:47.

day. We have this place to ourselves. What if somebody said to

:46:47.:46:50.

you, there is nothing to do here. think that is the thing, that is

:46:50.:46:54.

what is really nice about it, there isn't anything to do, other than

:46:54.:46:59.

put your tent up, cook a meal and look at the views. You just have to

:46:59.:47:03.

sit and be and enjoy this environment. I'm looking forward to

:47:03.:47:08.

putting my head down in my tent and listening to the sound of the sigh

:47:08.:47:13.

of the water coming in. Shall we go and check out these tents and

:47:13.:47:19.

sleeping bags and thermovests. have to sleep in your stuff. Try it

:47:19.:47:29.
:47:29.:47:40.

for an hour at least and see how I have been pretty comfoe in here

:47:40.:47:45.

for the last hour. Pretty -- comfy in here for the last hour. Pretty

:47:45.:47:50.

impressed with the sleeping bag, pretty warm, not interested in the

:47:50.:47:55.

mat, pretty unkoplt for the table and nothing to rest my head on.

:47:55.:48:02.

is nice, the sleeping bag is too hot for me, in no time at all I

:48:02.:48:05.

will be sweating. You get familiar with your own equipment and how it

:48:05.:48:10.

works t becomes second nature to you. Really I want to get back to

:48:10.:48:18.

my own kit. Just a few years ago the kit we are using would have

:48:18.:48:20.

been unimaginable. High-technology means we have high quality

:48:20.:48:23.

equipment with minimum weight. How far you want to take it and how

:48:23.:48:27.

much you are prepared to spend is entirely up to you.

:48:27.:48:31.

To find out more about lightweight backpacking and the equipment we

:48:31.:48:38.

used, follow us on Facebook, where there is also all the news about

:48:38.:48:45.

The Adventure Show. Welcome back to the Isle Of Arran,

:48:45.:48:49.

and the Goatfell Hill Race. The leaders are now on the bit that

:48:49.:48:53.

would absolutely terrify me, the descent. It is long and gruelling,

:48:53.:48:58.

and goes all the way back down there to Brodick.

:48:58.:49:04.

The first man down this treacherous descent is Es Tresidder, but Graeme

:49:04.:49:09.

Campbell has not given up yet, he's only few seconds behind. Meanwhile,

:49:09.:49:13.

Brian Marshall is looking secure in third place. But he will be hard

:49:13.:49:18.

press today catch up with the front two. The downhill sections are what

:49:18.:49:22.

really separate fell racing from any other running sport. It is a

:49:22.:49:29.

skill that requires both expertise, and bravery. No brakes, no brains

:49:29.:49:34.

is the maxim really for downhill running. They talk about

:49:34.:49:38.

windmilling, having your arms out like this. It is almost like flying,

:49:38.:49:42.

I think. Talk to a lot of the runner, you are throwing yourself

:49:42.:49:46.

where you land you land. If you are going down hill you feel you can go

:49:46.:49:52.

faster and faster, it is liberating to do it. In the women's raids it

:49:52.:49:56.

is still neck and neck between Jasmin Paris and Jill Mykura. With

:49:56.:50:01.

Jasmin just in front. These two look set to battle it out all the

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way down. As for Deziree, she's still going strong in third place.

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Get down as fast as I can. Do you want some water? Nice to cool down

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at the top. Water? No, I'm good, I will keep going, cheers mate, it is

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going well. Just trying to get a breather now

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I'm going, it is really hard. Glad I'm going down. Better down than

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going up? Yeah. I think I'm OK coming down hill, I can move fast

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and do the terrain very quickly hopefully I will make up some time

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in that respect. See you at the bottom? See you mate. Deziree is

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here, because, well, we strongly suggested that she had to represent

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the Adventure Show. Others take part because they love the sport.

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Some have very personal reasons to be here. I'm doing it as a charity

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run. I have never done a fell run before, I have only been training

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for a few weeks. It is interesting, if I make it down I will be happy.

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I love Arran, I grew up opposite Arran, I have always loved Arran.

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Partly because it was my first hill race as well, I love looking out on

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Goatfell, and it is very challenging, but it has lots of

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variety in the run as well. Although it is hard, to say the

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least! I work on a submarine, so I have been under the water for the

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past few week, I got a message a few weeks ago saying I was entered

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into the race, and morale was low, and I thought that will be great, I

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will come back and do it. Was it you who entered him? Yeah, I

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thought he would need the boost. He's mad any way, I thought it

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would be anything for him to look forward to! Back at the front, and

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safely down on flat ground, Es Tresidder and Graeme Campbell are

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still fighting it out for the lead. Es is just in front, so it will all

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come down to the final section along the road. Couple of minutes

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behind, Brian Marshall is in the third place he has held for most of

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the race. Down into the home straight, and the end is in sight

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for the leader. And Es has increased had his lead on Graeme.

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Now there's just the final lap around the playing field. And it's

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Es Tresidder who is fastest on this final leg-sapping section. He's

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over the finish line first with a time of 1.20.27.

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Graeme is just behind, it has really been a battle from the very

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start. After nearly an hour-and-a- half of running, there is less than

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20 seconds between them. But this year's winner is Es Tresidder.

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Graeme was with me to the top, he pushed me quite hard, I kept trying

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to drop him and not being successful. On the first bit of the

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descent it is very technical, and I got away straight away, I thought

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that's fine he won't be a problem. I knew I had to worry about Brian

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because he's a very good descender, I was trying to flow down the

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descent, half way down I heard someone behind me, I thought it was

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Brian who caught me, it was Graeme, he got a second wind, he was with

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me to the road, and I thought I have a mile-and-a-half road race,

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which wasn't really what I wanted. I managed to get away from him.

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a second place finish, you must be pleased with that? I am, for an old

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man. I'm 37, so I'm quite glad for that. A tough run today. I just

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stuck in behind Es, and you know, let him do all the hard work until

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the summit, then he disappeared. It was good to get a second-place

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finish. In the women's race, Jasmin Paris has pulled away from Jill

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Mykura and maintained a good speed on this gruelling road section.

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Still ahead round the field, a bruised and battered Jasmin crosses

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the finish line first. Champion Jasmin, but a new pair of shorts

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required? I think so, these might have some special value, given they

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have a big hole in them. What happened? Actually before the race

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I was saying I was looking forward to looking around at the sea on the

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descent, I did that once and fell over, I didn't do it again. It was

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quite rocky on the descent, once it gets flatter you stretch out and

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trip over. It was good fun any way. Conditions obviously suited you

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today, you are looking pretty strong? I enjoyed it. I was lucky

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Jill pulled me up to the top. She was right in front of me. I was

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struggling a bit more on the climb than the descent. Congratulations

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to you, a second-place finish, you must be pretty happy with that?

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is all right, pleased with that. Were you feeling strong before the

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race, were you feeling confident going into it? Well, not really you

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never know how you will run until you get to the race day. It was all

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right, felt fresh enough. Pleased with my climb. That was good.

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in third place, and doing The Adventure Show proud, it is our

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little old Miss Competitive, Deziree. How are you? I'm OK. I

:55:20.:55:24.

thought I had to come this way at the end. And I just got a real

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stride on, and then I realised I had to go round, I didn't think I

:55:28.:55:32.

could do it. What time were you suggesting you wanted to do it in,

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beat two hours? Beat two hours. you would be happy with 1.45. Do

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you know what time I have got 1.42.58? Brilliant amazing. That is

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fantastic time. My goodness. That's OK, I can't believe I was up there

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about 40 minutes ago. The whole part of the show is we are supposed

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to do badly to make it look like it is a difficult event. It is a

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difficult event. She keeps doing it well. Fairly embarrassing, we have

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a lot to live up to. By now, most of the raceers are on the final

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straight. And happy to be almost home. Absolute murder, murder,

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toughest race of my life. This is the worst bit, the hill is great,

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this is a nightmare. Nearly there. Nice to be in the sunshine. Back at

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the finish line, and there is more evidence of what a tough race this

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really is. I have to come and chat to you, we don't have to ask how

:56:36.:56:43.

committed you were? I was going for an hour-and-a-half, I was too busy

:56:43.:56:48.

looking at my watch thinking I had a chance of it. I went flying

:56:48.:56:52.

through the air, I have done both hands, my head, and my side. What

:56:52.:56:56.

happened to you? It was actually quite far up, on the way down, it

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was on the gravel part, I just tripped. One of these things.

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that the sort of things that happens when you are a hill runner?

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It hasn't happened to me before, I haven't done that much before, it

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is all new. When the battered and bruised get patched up, let's have

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What a result for Deziree, she took third place and beat her target

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with a time of 1.42.58. That's it for this month's show, I'm

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absolutely jiggered. You have been down here for the last two hours!

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Has it sunk in yet, third place? I'm gobsmacked, I wasn't looking to

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see if there was anyone in front or behind, I'm totally amazed and

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really pleased. You should be, I told you would smash it. Next time

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