A CWIF-fy Performance

I am only going to write one negative thing in this post, (don't worry Helen x) and that is... I had a crap CWIF.  Done.  The 2am arrival in Sheffield, the 9am start and feeling like I was at work, rather than there to have fun, conspired against me.

The problem in the photo below is where team TCA Glasgow started and my competition more or less ended.  Turns out that starting the comp on a problem that required a bit of burl and co-ordination when still half asleep and failing on it does nothing to set you up for a crush fest.

Thanks to Jen Randall for the fab pics of the day.

Anyway, on the positive side, I learned a lot about the tactics required in a competition like this (tactics I probably should actually know already after 18 years of climbing!)  Now that the fog of frustration has lifted I am actually quite psyched to reclaim my honour at the 2013 event.

It was great to get back to Sheffield after a long absence too.  The city has changed loads!  Yet I haven't as it turns out.  I have got no better at gritstone climbing, Brad Pit still eludes me, I can't do more than a move on West Side Story and Stanage is still too busy for my taste.  (Thats not negative by the way, just factual).

Whatsmore the CWIF final was truly inspiring to watch with both winners getting me super psyched to train hard and get stronger, lighter and fitter.  Then at least when I get showed up by the TCA Bristol Youth Team at the 2013 CWIF I might at least compensate for it by finally hauling my ass up Brad Pit!