Path/Terrain race 30:47 [5] 8.68 km (3:33 / km) +105m 3:21 / km
shoes: Saucony Endorphin Spikes
East District XC League 1 - Striling - Sen/U20 Race - about 27th, 4th Harie, 6th U20
Went into this with no expectations nor nerves, with a option of pulling out at any signs of pain at any point. Headed off ridiculously hard, got dragged on but just felt great. Pretty much in the leading pack for a few hundred metres before I settled down and switched on cruise mode. First lap went great, pretty much held my place save for Patgie coming through me at 2km... shite, what was I doing?! Too late, the banter start had got me.
Still felt awesome going through 3km in about 10min all alone with big gaps in front and behind. Then stomach began to niggle, nightmare... Held my pace and cruised through the second lap with lap 3 in mind. Ewan slowly catching but still a decent gap. Then hit the last lap and stomach was getting extremely sore, gutted. Had to slow right down to a point where my legs felt totally fine. Ewan passed, as did several others. Tempo'd it back with a small sprint finish to nip past a catcher. Finished and almost threw up but legs felt normal!
Not sure what to make of this, would have definitely taken this time/position pre-race so I guess I should be happy. But probably lost close to a minute from stomach pains, totally messed up my eating patterns before this race... Also pacing is an absolute joke, and graph looks comical, but if this is my slowest pace for the season ahead, I'll definitely take that. Hip's good, training starts next week!
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