5 PM
Trail run 4:44 [2] 0.9 km (5:16 / km)
To clubhouse.
Trail run 15:38 [2] 2.96 km (5:17 / km) +22m 5:06 / km
Clubhouse to the start of Backbana.
Trail run (backbana) 26:26 [5] 4.71 km (5:37 / km) +121m 4:58 / km
It's been awhile since I've pushed hard on one circuit of backbana. Charged downhill after Joffe and Niklas but was unable to keep their high tempo on the climb, Jakob A was ahead of me for the next bit but then he dropped back to follow, as he didn't know the course, then he dropped even more because he built up too much lactic acid on the wall.
The conditions were dark and a bit slippery so I was pleased to go through the halfway in just under 12 minutes, but conditions remained dark and slippery and I was getting tired so did not really get close to my PR for the course. I was amused when I passed Sam about 15 minutes in, and she exclaimed that I had to have cheated to be so fast :)
Niklas was about 24, which is speedy indeed. Maybe possible on a day when I am not feeling sore from rockgympa and when my stomach is a bit more agreeable about the hard effort.
Trail run 22:46 [2] 3.52 km (6:28 / km) +33m 6:11 / km
We waited for everyone to finish the course and then a easy recovery jog back home. A bit light headed with the exertion, but a few glasses of water and a quick rinse in the shower, then back out the door to celebrate the club's SM races and to get excited about 25-manna coming up.
I brought 7 wonders just in case, and we managed to find a full group of people willing to stay later and play with us :)