Running (out of date) warm up/down 7:02 [1] 1.2 km (5:52 / km) +10m 5:38 / km
shoes: VJ Bold 8 (dobbs)
WUP - frantic after needing to go get a 'cag'
Forest-O 53:30 [4] 8.5 km (6:18 / km) +190m 5:40 / km
shoes: VJ Bold 8 (dobbs)
Varsity - mispunched
Legs felt really heavy before starting, and didn't go well off the start with small misses and then moving slowly through the heather. Got caught by Harrison at 8, and then felt pretty good to be gaining time on what seemed like a really nice line through the terrain. It was a really good route, and I'd nearly cut the gap by 10 but turns out its much easier to cut a gap on the eventual course winner if you don't do the course he's winning.
Ended in just over 53min, which would've been a respectable time if I'd been to 9, but not great. Clearly the fitness is not up to scratch, but also not as far off as I thought. Mercifully we would have lost regardless of my mispunch, so not a great saturday all around.