by RDK
And so another year ends, but the purple legs in the great hamster wheel of BARF keep ticking over. Despite the short days, soggy hills and sparse (ish) race calendar, the end of 2024 has been busy for the club.
Ben Nevis Race
When entries to the Ben Nevis race opened In April, a strategically placed WhatsApp message and significant FOMO led more than 10 BARFers to sign up. We descended on the highlands like Campbells by land, sea and air the day before the race finding distinctly un-Scottish conditions of with temperatures of 25 degrees in the valley. Making he most of the conditions a hardy group of BARFers made a traverse of the Aonach Eagach ridge, having to pay respects to what cans urely only be a member of the fairy race in goat form on the ridge. Very few of us suffered from heatstroke but all succesfully pre-loaded an excellent excuse for any deficiency in performance the following day.