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Sunday Feb 18, 2018 #
10 AM
Run race 43:36 [4] *** 3.7 km (11:47 / km) +150m 9:48 / km
spiked:12/14c
Middle distance chasing start. Felt better running than yesterday, and only a couple of 10-second wobbles, but the terrain didn't play to my strengths as much as yesterday - mostly either flat or really steep - so I wasn't quite as close to the front end. Ended up dropping one place (effectively two, as the overnight leader didn't start) to finish 7th overall, still a result I was fairly happy with.
The dynamics of a chasing start are a bit different when you don't recognise your competition (and where there are lots of other people running around in a small area). I suspected at one point in mid-course I was in a small pack, which meant I wasn't going out of my way to get out of the way going downhill on a very steep track which I knew others could do faster (apologies if you weren't in my class).
Headed back to Madrid afterwards, a trip which partly demonstrated that I didn't miss a lot through being unable to see through darkness and/or fog, except for hundreds of wind turbines - since these are installed in a non-English-speaking country, presumably they don't give people migraines or cause chickens to lay yolkless eggs - and the Big Bull. Some nice country before I got on the freeway, though.
The dynamics of a chasing start are a bit different when you don't recognise your competition (and where there are lots of other people running around in a small area). I suspected at one point in mid-course I was in a small pack, which meant I wasn't going out of my way to get out of the way going downhill on a very steep track which I knew others could do faster (apologies if you weren't in my class).
Headed back to Madrid afterwards, a trip which partly demonstrated that I didn't miss a lot through being unable to see through darkness and/or fog, except for hundreds of wind turbines - since these are installed in a non-English-speaking country, presumably they don't give people migraines or cause chickens to lay yolkless eggs - and the Big Bull. Some nice country before I got on the freeway, though.