Running race 33:11 [5] 10.58 km (3:08 / km) +44m 3:04 / km
ahr:166 max:167
Cardiff Cross Challenge - 2nd
After a relaxed couple of hundred metres Dewi started to push the pace on hard at the front. I'm not too keen on fast starts so even thought I tried to respond he immediately got a gap. Up until halfway I kept pretty close behind and we pulled away from the chasers, but in the second half the gap slowly grew as he kept turning the screw. I finished up about 100m behind but with a fair gap behind me.
Also, my HR monitor fell off after about 200m so I ran with it in my hand for the first lap until I could throw it to my parents.. It's been a bit crap that HR monitor...
Strava thinks 8.08, 8.11, 8.18 for the three big laps (1 small, 3 big). It felt as if I slowed more than that, but that doesn't take into account the first lap which felt the fastest..
45(!?) seconds slower through 9km than in the Liverpool xc.. I don't know what to make of that.. Today's course was basically pan flat but very twisty in places - does it make that much of a difference?