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Now it was time to train for The British Bouldering Championships, probably one of the only comps that I get slightly nervous in. I put quite a lot of pressure on myself to win this comp and the past two years of it haven’t been the best coming 4th and 2nd. It’s not good enough for me. I put in quite a bit of training and prepared myself for it. I was hoping this year not to win the qualifier. I seem to have a knack of winning the qualifier then not doing too well in the final. Thankfully I came second. I never know what to expect in the final, the route-setters throw something new in each year. I did the first 3 problems first go, in my opinion they were too easy but they were starting to split the field already. And then for my nightmare, problem 4, a horrible reachy problem, not working in my favour as my opponent was very tall. My legs were hardly long enough to span the gap that I was doing the splits in and I simply couldn’t reach the next move no matter how much the crowd cheered me on.
I then did what I could on the last problem. Completely exhausted from the problem before I made my high point. All I could do then was watch the last competitor for the last 5 minutes, the longest of my life! She couldn’t do enough. Finally, I’m the British Bouldering Champion!
Leah Crane winning the 2009 British Championships
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