Running 30:10 [3] 4.9 mi (6:09 / mi)
shoes: VJ Irock
IRVINE HARRIERS V CYCLIST RACE
A west coast institution! A lap of a muddy field with some dismounting obstacles, some windy single trods, half a mile on the pavement (cyclists have to walk), two laps of Irvine Moor and then back again.
Started strong in the top 4. Was a bit slow at the end of the first field so just failed to overtake two cyclists before the single-trods and lost touch with the top 3. Managed to catch Niall and the Ayr Harrier in 2nd by half way round the first moor lap. Thanks to some bullshit course marking the three of us took a wrong turning, costing us about 1 min and several places - we slowly worked our way up the runners over the remainder of the course to our original runner places but definitely lost out to a few cyclists. Ramped it up for the last mile, thought I had a chance of making the podium till about 200M to go. Crossed the line absolutely gassed.
Very happy with the performance today - was able to push on the other side of caution and kept the pace throughout. Maybe should've made more of an effort to stay with Niall throughout - will give him a better go in Stirling.
4th runner overall.