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Saturday Apr 6, 2019 #
11 AM
Running - off road race (Sugar Loaf Fell Race) 1:02:20 [4] 11.42 km (5:27 / km) +570m 4:22 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Blk/Gn2
As ever with this race - didn't really have much enthusiasm for it. Didn't really care about a result but wanted to push harder than last year (when I took most of it quite easy).
Didn't start as fast as most others but did maintain speed better on the road. Trying not to go too fast so was easing off at times. Once off the road, was finding hills a real struggle and walked almost all of the woods to the top.
On my own right along the Deri ridge - with 100m space ahead and behind. Was a reasonable headwind but moving at comfortable pace. As it started getting steeper fell into a walk for a bit but mostly ran until the path junction and walked the rest slowly.
Very slow off the top as the path was snowy and just had no confidence at all on the rocky bits either. Was the first person for a while to go the right way so people ahead didn't gain as much lead as they should have. Lost 4 or 5 places here. After the rocks was moving well, slowing for the next rocky section st top of the woods but quick otherwise. Very quick once on the road and through the field. With the help of the last hill and holding the pace as it flatted after the field, managed to completely close 300m on the trio ahead in the last k. PB by 2:15.
A little disappointed that hills still aren't going great, but positive news that general running pace has improved by more than I've lost on hills. Might be that things are starting to come together now, if so a few months sooner than I expected.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2268744854
27th/122. 2nd MDC (very low turnout again), 1st FoDAC, 1st NGOC, and I think 8th youngest runner.
Didn't start as fast as most others but did maintain speed better on the road. Trying not to go too fast so was easing off at times. Once off the road, was finding hills a real struggle and walked almost all of the woods to the top.
On my own right along the Deri ridge - with 100m space ahead and behind. Was a reasonable headwind but moving at comfortable pace. As it started getting steeper fell into a walk for a bit but mostly ran until the path junction and walked the rest slowly.
Very slow off the top as the path was snowy and just had no confidence at all on the rocky bits either. Was the first person for a while to go the right way so people ahead didn't gain as much lead as they should have. Lost 4 or 5 places here. After the rocks was moving well, slowing for the next rocky section st top of the woods but quick otherwise. Very quick once on the road and through the field. With the help of the last hill and holding the pace as it flatted after the field, managed to completely close 300m on the trio ahead in the last k. PB by 2:15.
A little disappointed that hills still aren't going great, but positive news that general running pace has improved by more than I've lost on hills. Might be that things are starting to come together now, if so a few months sooner than I expected.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2268744854
27th/122. 2nd MDC (very low turnout again), 1st FoDAC, 1st NGOC, and I think 8th youngest runner.
12 PM
Running - off road warm up/down 6:41 [3] 1.11 km (6:01 / km) +20m 5:31 / km
shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Blk/Gn2
Warm down lap of school and field with Michael. No Mark or Alice here so this year my beer has gone to the Stotts.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2268745064
https://www.strava.com/activities/2268745064