Noon Stone Fell Race

Saturday was the first English Championship Fell Race near Todmorden. It looked good and muddy with patches of snow before we started so I chose the mudclaw 270 to run in. It was a good choice and I flew past people coming down the first hill.
We then headed over stoodley pike and I kept the effort relatively easy, knowing the 3 miles of bog monster was still to come and I was planning on pushing hard through that, hoping to take a few places.
Running down towards the res, the piece of muddy banking I put my foot on gave way beneath me and I hit the deck hard, landing on my hip and my head. I managed to keep going another mile to the moor on the other side, but I was going very slowly and the minute I tried going uphill it was apparent I couldn't carry on. I couldn't raise my hip high enough to run up hill.
It was really dissapointing to have to stop the watch and turn around, back to stoodley pike but watching everyone run past me and knowing who was behind me reassured me that I am in the good shape I thought I was and looking at the results I was on for a big PB. So I need to look forward to the next race and get my hip moving again before then!