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Saturday Jan 21, 2017 #
10 AM
XC / road / hill race 31:47 [3] 4.36 mi (7:17 / mi)
Devils burden hill race - leg 1
I was a bit frustrated by my choice of shoes. they seem to have tarmacked the last 1 mile of this leg since I last ran this race (10 years ago). I brought hobbs, and my kicking about in trainers. I got a stress fracture once from running downhill for a few miles on tarmac in dobbs, so trainers it was. I wasn't as mad for it as I could have been, but still, no dropping out as the trotettes would have killed me. It was only really annoying for 500m or so at the start. These trainers also don't like me running in them as they cramp my feet, so it all got a bit painful from halfway onwards. Anyway, dug in and ran as hard as possible. I think I got what I could out of me.
My legs really suffer on the hills now I don't cycle commute. Noticeable on hill races.
HBT ladies were 1st, men were 2nd to Shetts.
http://www.fifeac.org/events/fife-ac-events/devils...
I was a bit frustrated by my choice of shoes. they seem to have tarmacked the last 1 mile of this leg since I last ran this race (10 years ago). I brought hobbs, and my kicking about in trainers. I got a stress fracture once from running downhill for a few miles on tarmac in dobbs, so trainers it was. I wasn't as mad for it as I could have been, but still, no dropping out as the trotettes would have killed me. It was only really annoying for 500m or so at the start. These trainers also don't like me running in them as they cramp my feet, so it all got a bit painful from halfway onwards. Anyway, dug in and ran as hard as possible. I think I got what I could out of me.
My legs really suffer on the hills now I don't cycle commute. Noticeable on hill races.
HBT ladies were 1st, men were 2nd to Shetts.
http://www.fifeac.org/events/fife-ac-events/devils...
2 PM
Orienteering - race 46:33 [3] 5.34 mi (8:43 / mi)
EUOC big weekend
Women vets course. (hahahahahahah!).
Quick nip back to Edi for the big weekend urban. Started ok, but the wheels fell off around number 5-ish, with a long way to go. I went Cowgate on the long leg which was quite shit, not least as every time I looked at the map I couldn't help but toy with dropping out, so I didn't really feel so committed into going hell for leather away from the finish. As Graeme said, knowledge of the terrain helped in the hard to see bits. I saw Rog staggering up the Royal Mile (he ran the much longer leg 2 at DB) and knew how he felt. Managed to scrape my first W40 victory! Nice! I see from winsplits that MC skipped 7-13, reinforcing my belief that she is the cleverest person I know.
Lozza did great on M10, and lucy had such an exciting run around with our neighbour that her wobbly tooth fell out.
Women vets course. (hahahahahahah!).
Quick nip back to Edi for the big weekend urban. Started ok, but the wheels fell off around number 5-ish, with a long way to go. I went Cowgate on the long leg which was quite shit, not least as every time I looked at the map I couldn't help but toy with dropping out, so I didn't really feel so committed into going hell for leather away from the finish. As Graeme said, knowledge of the terrain helped in the hard to see bits. I saw Rog staggering up the Royal Mile (he ran the much longer leg 2 at DB) and knew how he felt. Managed to scrape my first W40 victory! Nice! I see from winsplits that MC skipped 7-13, reinforcing my belief that she is the cleverest person I know.
Lozza did great on M10, and lucy had such an exciting run around with our neighbour that her wobbly tooth fell out.