Teering race 31:04 4.96 km (6:16 / km) +106m5:40 / km ahr:146 max:165 spiked:18/24c shoes: Inov8 XTalon 212
Kahlis Rocks. State League, M45, 3rd. Freed from the shackles of M60, this was a good run, if a bit sloppy at times. Fast out of the gate, dipping below 4 min ks, I didn't get distracted by the crowd bumbling around in head high scrub about 50m past no. 1. Settled and got into a steady rhythm and hit most controls OK until 11, where Hamish appeared. Promptly went way off line and dropped 20 seconds on the short leg to 12. Spotted the Prosseri ahead and ran hard to get back in touch, and passed him out to 16. Then overshot 17 by running 5m below it and dropped 15 seconds. Prosseri was back ahead now and I thought I could do the repass by going left from 18 (he went right), but it was much longer and slower and I ended up having to climb back up to 19. Ramped it up for the easy bit across the fields, getting the fastest split to 21! (200m downhill on grass at 3:30min/ks.) Stuffed now and struggled home.