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Wednesday Jun 21, 2017 #
7 PM
Trails/Road warm up/down 16:58 [2] 2.24 km (7:34 / km) +71m 6:32 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon (Yellow)
Up the road to the forest entrance, then up the trail for a bit, before a few more metres on the road. Not a very energetic warm up.
8 PM
Mountain Running 37:03 [5] 8.9 km (4:10 / km) +329m 3:31 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon (Yellow)
MMRA/IMRA Mount Hillary
2nd (Results))
Plan was to wait and see what happened and then go on the climb. So started off behind an older gentleman and a younger one. At the first junction we had got a small gap, it was a steady climb to here, with some more to come. The track then dropped for a bit and the younger fellow opened the legs so I went with him. On the flat section after this the older guy rejoined us.
Knew there was a steep descent to come but the younger lad nearly overshot so I cut inside him and took the lead. I descended this hill much better than the 2 lads and had maybe 20-40m when we got back out onto the track. Decided here to take the pace a bit easier and recover before the hill. The younger lad eventually caught back up to me.
We then hit the bottom of the main climb for the day. The young lad took the lead, I tried to stay with him, but he was stronger. Eventually got to the top, and then there was a long long descent, around 3km to the finish. The first 1-1.5km was on a path/ride. Felt like I was gaining here, and expected to be considering the lads performance on the earlier descent. But as soon as we got back onto the bigger forestry road he just extended his lead. I wasn't feeling great here, stomach felt a bit like a stitch. Was never ever going to catch up anyways. Nothing behind me so just focused on keeping up the pace and getting home.
Good to get out and race, not being doing many races recently. Good route, mix of surfaces, fast.
Lad's name was Conor O'Keefe, knows ColmM.
2nd (Results))
Plan was to wait and see what happened and then go on the climb. So started off behind an older gentleman and a younger one. At the first junction we had got a small gap, it was a steady climb to here, with some more to come. The track then dropped for a bit and the younger fellow opened the legs so I went with him. On the flat section after this the older guy rejoined us.
Knew there was a steep descent to come but the younger lad nearly overshot so I cut inside him and took the lead. I descended this hill much better than the 2 lads and had maybe 20-40m when we got back out onto the track. Decided here to take the pace a bit easier and recover before the hill. The younger lad eventually caught back up to me.
We then hit the bottom of the main climb for the day. The young lad took the lead, I tried to stay with him, but he was stronger. Eventually got to the top, and then there was a long long descent, around 3km to the finish. The first 1-1.5km was on a path/ride. Felt like I was gaining here, and expected to be considering the lads performance on the earlier descent. But as soon as we got back onto the bigger forestry road he just extended his lead. I wasn't feeling great here, stomach felt a bit like a stitch. Was never ever going to catch up anyways. Nothing behind me so just focused on keeping up the pace and getting home.
Good to get out and race, not being doing many races recently. Good route, mix of surfaces, fast.
Lad's name was Conor O'Keefe, knows ColmM.
Road warm up/down 7:24 [1] 1.11 km (6:40 / km) +6m 6:29 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon (Yellow)
Slow shuffle back to the car.