A hard run up the Tip Track

Last night was a max effort night. So I headed out to the Tip Track so see if I could beat my personal best time, going from the gate at the bottom to the gate at the top.

I wasn’t really ‘feeling it’ on the way there. My stomach was still way too full from lunch (even though it was already after 4pm). So I wasn’t expecting too much in terms of performance.

I was tempted to just take it easy and do a slow flat run back to my house, but by the time I had decided to do that, I was at the bottom of the Tip Track, and since I was already here…

I headed up the first section, pushing hard and actually did quite well for a bit. I did end up waling a couple of times, but each time it was only for about 20-30 seconds or so (maybe a little longer). Then I’d kick back into the climb, attacking the hill.

I hit the spot in the trail that marks the transition point forth eWUU2K at 30 minutes, and tapped the top gate at 32 minutes.

“Not too shabby” I thought. That was bound o shift me up the leader board on Strava a bit.

I turned and headed back down, slowly because I was a bit knackered by this stage, until the cold wind started to pick up and I decided to get moving faster before it got dark.

The sun set as I ran down the track, making the sky an amazing colour of purple. I stopped and tried to get a photo, but it just didn’t come out as well as it should have. By then it was getting really cold, so I added another layer and carried on down to the bottom.

Then all I had to do was run the 6kms back to my house, in the dark. This as it happens turned out to not be a problem, because I had ordered a new head torch for just this very problem. And it worked well.

I checked Strava when I got home and I’m now in position 109. So, not as high as I might have hoped.
The record for the climb is just under 19 minutes. So there is a way to go yet before I’ll be challenging that. But at least I am improving, slowly.

This attempt was five minutes faster than my previous best time, and I think I could have gone faster, by going slower (i.e. not walking) and not having a huge lunch beforehand.

Do you have any segments that you are challenging yourself on?

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