Running27:07 [2] 5.99 km (4:31 / km) +11m4:29 / km shoes: Asics Mileage 8
Shakeout
1 PM
Running23:52 [2] 4.97 km (4:48 / km) +72m4:29 / km shoes: x-talon 212 4
Round the course trying to decide what shoes to wear. I think I chose wrongly bu maybe the mud bits were just too much of a quagmire that even spikes might of struggled.
Running32:06 8.56 km (3:45 / km) +156m3:26 / km shoes: x-talon 212 4
Alloa XC 5th.
Fun course in the woods with some bits extremely muddy and others hard track and some twisty single track requiring concentration.
Set off hard to avoid congestion over the single person bridge after 200m. Ended up leading. Then a few went past but tried to hold on and run a hard start to the race. Even with Eoin at halfway then I started struggling and he put the gas on. Pablo overtook me near end of second lap then I went past and he seemed to disappear never to be seen again. Battle with a Central guy who was running much stronger but I was better technically on single track and descent. Got to him by the final field and with him at top of stop bank then he changed gear and I had nothing.
Laps 9:45,10:01,10:10
Another good race though. Enjoying this XC season more than I ever have before.
Running26:06 [2] 5.38 km (4:51 / km) +129m4:20 / km shoes: x-talon 212 4