Running 45:26 [3] 12.7 km (3:35 / km)
shoes: Asics Hyper LD#2
English Nationalism. Adding some depth, if not particular quality, to the Highgate team which had hopes of team glory. We came up frustratingly just short of a medal (10pts from bronze, 27 from silver). No one was getting near Morpeth today - 6 in the first 40.
My own run was as good as I could have hoped for given recent disrupted training, aiming for top 60, set off easy and work through from 100th on the first lap to 57th by the finish. The course was brilliantly tough, with hills, claggy mud, rough ground and very little fast running which I think has flattered me a bit - there are a good number of respectable names behind me that I wouldn't have beaten on a easier course. Good battle with Rob Little through the middle of the race too.