Running race 35:01 [5] 9.94 km (3:31 / km) +58m 3:25 / km
shoes: Inov8 Roclite 312
Grantown 10km - 80% on trails round Anagach. Main aim was to break 35mins. Spotted Terry Forest before the start (the mohican gives it away) and knew he was the one to beat having recently run a 75half and 33 something last weekend at Laggan. Turned out to be an odd race! Set off not that quick out the field but was immediately in the lead. One other guy sat on my shoulder but no sign of Terry. Slight climb leaving the tarmac past the houses by old Speybridge and got a small gap then pulled slowly away. Keeeping an eye on the watch and went through 5km in about 17.10 so up on schedule. Feeling OK but next km was uphill and all that time lost so from then on I was skirting around 35mins. Always running a little scared expecting to see Terry. Saw him behind at 8km but still a bit of a gap. Got onto the straight track uphill towards the end and saw I had enough of a lead so won by 10s.
Spoke to him afterwards - he coudln't see any of the usual suspects so thought he could get a comfortable win, so sat at the back of the race leaving the field.This turned out to be an error....don't think he'll do it again!
So overall happy wiith the race. Dissapointed to miss sub 35 (though GPS suggests the course is slightly short...still having it as a pb though) but not bad without any real help and not exactly a pb course.