Cambridgeshire County XC Champs - Priory Park St Neots
Off to the races today !! First time I have toed the line in anger for a long, long time. Last 5/6 races I have known things havn't been great although hoped for much more. Today I was in decent shape with a marker to set down.
Church first thing, then dash to St Neots. Warm up, stretch then off.
No Garmin today and no mile markers. Race was advertised 10k but ended up 6.67 miles or so (depending on whose Garmin you believe).
Start off way back. Run with CovBaldy for a while and settle into a good rhythm. Ian T from Riverside is away as are half the BRJ mob!
Half way round lap 1 (of 4) work up the hill and get a sense of where I am. Rich Holland up in front, Jeff from Werrington (he's been flying), Baldy and a few Nene Valley kids. Mike Moore, John Herbert, Kye & the usual suspects have all fucked well off MILES in front !!
End of lap one into 33rd behind a bunch of Nene Valley Kids. Work through them and catch Rich Holland and Jeff after the woods. Then a bit of vcat and mouse with the Nene Valley kids. Reel in Mike Chapman but he holds me off with a devistating kick lol. Pretty chuffed to reel clubmate Tim in, only 17 secs behind after being well beat last few races.
29th position so not great but not terrible.
Worked out around 5:58-6:00/mm overall and felt comfoortable considering it's no easy course. Worked pretty hard last 3/4 mile or so but pace I was on before that could have run a bit further. Just felt a bit rusty today, went out in 2nd gear and couldn't really move up.
Pleased with how I managed the race and the difficult parts. Would score this even with 2 years ago (5:50 pace for exact 10k on hard frozen course) so time to push on like I did then !
Church first thing, then dash to St Neots. Warm up, stretch then off.
No Garmin today and no mile markers. Race was advertised 10k but ended up 6.67 miles or so (depending on whose Garmin you believe).
Start off way back. Run with CovBaldy for a while and settle into a good rhythm. Ian T from Riverside is away as are half the BRJ mob!
Half way round lap 1 (of 4) work up the hill and get a sense of where I am. Rich Holland up in front, Jeff from Werrington (he's been flying), Baldy and a few Nene Valley kids. Mike Moore, John Herbert, Kye & the usual suspects have all fucked well off MILES in front !!
End of lap one into 33rd behind a bunch of Nene Valley Kids. Work through them and catch Rich Holland and Jeff after the woods. Then a bit of vcat and mouse with the Nene Valley kids. Reel in Mike Chapman but he holds me off with a devistating kick lol. Pretty chuffed to reel clubmate Tim in, only 17 secs behind after being well beat last few races.
29th position so not great but not terrible.
Worked out around 5:58-6:00/mm overall and felt comfoortable considering it's no easy course. Worked pretty hard last 3/4 mile or so but pace I was on before that could have run a bit further. Just felt a bit rusty today, went out in 2nd gear and couldn't really move up.
Pleased with how I managed the race and the difficult parts. Would score this even with 2 years ago (5:50 pace for exact 10k on hard frozen course) so time to push on like I did then !
Comments
Post a Comment