The trail race at Foxlake formed part of the John Muir Winter Carnival, as was again organised by the Tri Trail outlet. The day of events kicked off with the trail race, and a host of other events followed including cyclocross, open water swimming and wakeboarding.
For the trail race, the route was exactly the same as that run on 12th January with racer numbers up from 93 to 144. The main difference was the condition of the route – although it was a fine morning the legacy of several wet days had left it very muddy and this told in several falls within the first couple of miles (shoe selection was a problem for some).
A headwind in the first half made for tricky sections too, but the the second half of the route was much firmer and the wind didn’t come into play.
In the end, Prasad Prasad (Squadra Porcini) won again with a time of 50:18, almost 2 minutes slower than his winning time of 12th January, with Elke Prasad (Squadra Porcini) first female in a time of 58:16, nearly 3 minutes slower than before. Overall, the times for the leading runners that completed both races were slower in Race 2. I managed to limit my losses to 35 seconds to come in 17th (for the second race in succession) in 1:00:28 and Colin Ledlie raced for the first time in 1:16:49 for 94th place.
Results for Race 2 are here. Overall series results to date are here. Race pictures here
Mike Lynch