Lucy's eczema is worse than ever.
Scottish champs. 10.5k. i ran 6.8 miles. course 2 (w21e, m18/20/35/40)
Weary form a bad week of sleep. I was looking forward to trying out some new things today though, so mildly up for it. I was chatting to Jaimie and Toni O'D at the start. Apparently Al had complained to Jaimie that I was picking on the m35/40's at Blakeholme, and why didn't I run m21 instead? To which Jaimie said that maybe I thought it was really funny beating all my old friends... Spot on!
So I had Will Hensman starting 3 mins ahead of me and I was giving him some shit at the start about when I was going to catch him. I hoped I wouldn't though as I find it dull running with others. Set off to one sticking to the heather while I got into the map. Overshot it a bit as I couldn't fit the veg. To two I had a good easy plan, pegged it out of the control and went over my ankle. Stopped, hobbled, walked then ran. Ok. The control was really tucked in and I didn't see it at first. To 3 easy plan up the ride but needed a better point to come off it at. Dropped 30secs + 4 made the ground fit before setting off and could see the feature. 5 bearing, along the hill, then left. Control tucked in again.6 run hard to the stream before and make it fit after. Ok. Saw will going in. Damn. Bearing to 7 poor. 15secs +. Fine to 8. Will was going offline so I got ahead. 9 will was back on me as you could see it miles away. 10 easy. 11 stream, boulder, bearing and read the trees. 12 bearing. Made it fit. Easy. 13 couldn't really see the terrain as will was right in front. He went a bit right, so I got it. 14 was weird. The blue over the open confused me. I stopped too soon. Kept going though and got it. 15 I went up the reentrant and will did the ride. I was quicker as my route made it easier to see the contours. 16 bearing, right of the clearing at half way, so knew I needed to turn left after the gorge. Good.
17 I went straight and was trying to ignore the veg in the middle and just get through on a rough bearing, but it was v weird. Came out and checked direction and was ok, but was back with will who went around the top. He was running hard but banana-ing, so I was navigating, but he was always about. 18-19-20 easy. 21 the map was odd so lost some time. I was trying to judge using the fences, but used the wrong one 30+. 22 bearing, and could see it through the trees quite a way off. The rest was downhill and easy. I tripped and whacked my knee going to the last control, so dropped a bit here, but not too much time, and managed to beat Hollie and Roger by 2 secs, (and Jase, Will, Al, Andy Simpson, Ray, Rosco, Fraser etc etc). Andy P got me though, as did some of those pesky kids. Not the most inspirational of areas for me.
Need to do some more glutes work.
Jess broke her elbow too. Bummer. :-(
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