Maverick Chilterns - 40km race report
Rather cockily I'd thought not running a long trail races for 2 years, I'd just be able to rock up and race it. "Just like riding a bike," I thought. Nice to know the trails were ready to give me a kind humbling today. Since coming back from my pregnancy and emergency C-section in April 2023, I've focused on running roads, partially because it has less of a time commitment than running trails, and partially because I couldn't cope with any form of elevation gain during pregnancy (it had big effects on my heart rate). In April this year, I ran the Boston Marathon, a notoriously hilly course, although of course, coming from a trail running background hills are relative. For me the summer doesn't feel complete without hitting the trails and with that thought, and a desire to break up the road running Spring and Autumn seasons I signed up for the Maverick 40km race in the Chilterns which featured 900m elevation gain. As the race took place on the day of an u
