6M incl 5K cross-coutry relay leg in 17.04
I had great fun today at the National cross-country relays in Mansfield. It was my first day back in cross-country spikes since the National on Parliament Hill in March and I was grateful it was fairly easy under foot, making it a gentle reintroduction.
I ran the final leg for the Highgate B Team and tried to pace my effort better than I seem prone to doing. It felt like I did a fairly good job, though I was a bit disappointed to be 7th fasted of 8 on the day. Especially as last weeks 10 miler tells me I'm clearly in pretty good shape. Room for cross-country improvement.
Still, we are improving as a team. The A team managed a stunning 10th and we managed 35th (out of 150 odd).
The highlight of my day was watching the Highgate kids teams running hard for some good placings. It made me remember the funny relationship I had with racing as a kid. I would get horribly nervous before races, run ill-advisedly hard at the beginning so my arms got so heavy I couldn't pump them as I ran up the hills, vomit as I crossed the line and have a paralysing bellyache all the way home. But I loved it!
I had great fun today at the National cross-country relays in Mansfield. It was my first day back in cross-country spikes since the National on Parliament Hill in March and I was grateful it was fairly easy under foot, making it a gentle reintroduction.
I ran the final leg for the Highgate B Team and tried to pace my effort better than I seem prone to doing. It felt like I did a fairly good job, though I was a bit disappointed to be 7th fasted of 8 on the day. Especially as last weeks 10 miler tells me I'm clearly in pretty good shape. Room for cross-country improvement.
Still, we are improving as a team. The A team managed a stunning 10th and we managed 35th (out of 150 odd).
The highlight of my day was watching the Highgate kids teams running hard for some good placings. It made me remember the funny relationship I had with racing as a kid. I would get horribly nervous before races, run ill-advisedly hard at the beginning so my arms got so heavy I couldn't pump them as I ran up the hills, vomit as I crossed the line and have a paralysing bellyache all the way home. But I loved it!
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