Running 2:25:04 [3] 10.8 mi (13:26 / mi) +760m 11:01 / mi
Open 5 run - what I was putting down to a bit of overworking and being tired over the last week or so showed up to be a bit more than that. Felt terrible, absolutely nothing to give at all and not much mental will either.
Non the less, I didn't quit after 40minutes as I would have liked (felt this would be a bit of a cop out given racing as a pair). To put it in perspective, Rosemary thought about offering to tow me but instead asked 'how fast do the others run'.....I knew we weren't going well, but was fairly confident that no matter how bad this felt, we were still moving alright and probably still in the mix for top 3. So we kept going, through a bit of a snow storm and onto the bike.
Mountain Biking race 2:36:31 [3] 22.14 mi (8.5 mph) +703m
shoes: Chiru Pulse 29er
Same story on the bike not too surprisingly (although it was a big effort to make myself go back out from transition). Not the day for Rosemary to have forgotten the tow, had lots of pushing help on anything even slightly uphill and still felt to be crawling.
The standard over-optimism arose towards the end of the course, at which point I finally dug my heals in pointing out I wasn't actually capable of getting myself up to the control anymore. Instead we kept plugging away and as it turns out this avoided a bog fest track and allowed us time (not what I was planning), to get a higher point control and sprint to the finish....
Can't believe that at the end of all of that, we managed the win by 40 points!
Once home cause of complete lack of energy or motivation materialised, massive tooth infection and abscess.