Running warm up/down (Strides) 3:00 [3]
shoes: Saucony Kilkenny 3 XC Spikes
Some quicker running, stride-outs and easy drill moves.
Running race (Cross-country) 40:59 [5]
shoes: Saucony Kilkenny 3 XC Spikes
Mid Lancs League Cross-Country, Astley Park, Chorley.
Really cool course. A small lap (basically cutting out the lower part of the park's woodland section) followed by 3 long laps. Great technicality with muddy grass, rooty ground, a dip into parallel wet gullies with thick mud, really muddy grass, a long even descent, a stream crossing, short sharp slippery climbs, single track woodland loam, gravel pathway, wet grassy descent, tight nasty corner and a mid-length dirt-hill with nasty gradient evening out into a nastier grass slope.
Pulled off a satisfying sprint finish to get in front of a Southport Waterloo guy. Proper xc!
34th out of 255. 44 seconds back from Rich Walker (2:30 a fortnight ago!) as 8th Barrow Strider. Behind Guns by 1:12, his streak of 60 days is paying dividends.
Will write more when I can cut and paste some results.