Routes: roar: ZIMRA Balinastoe
11.03km
+494m
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Wednesday Jul 6, 2016 »
7 PM
Running (off-road) race 1:04:48 [4] 11.03 km (5:52 / km) +494m 4:48 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 2016
Felt pretty rough before the start. Just drained, not sure why.
Anyway just plugged away up the first hill and was pretty pleased with how I did actually. Not too far behind the two Crusaders Brians. Didn't have great legs for the kinda flat bit so dropped a bit behind them. The descent then was really fun (except for the fallen fence bits). Winding through the forest with mud and trees and terrain I gained loads of places.
At the bottom there was a bridge and then uphill started again. Straight away I was in the hurt zone and came to an almost stop. Survived maybe 1 minute before I was just dead on my feet. After a bit I managed to convince myself that I need the training and made myself go through the motions of running up the hill even if it wasn't very fast. There was a purple guy who was going the same speed but otherwise I lost about 10 places, if not more. When the climb eventually ended it was only briefly, there was a downhill I hadn't anticipated before another climb. This was short enough that I managed to convince myself I could run it. Passed out the purple guy but he hung on so we ended up having a little race before the descent proper. I just cruised down that and passed one person, on then only just before meeting the road so opened up the stride and made sure she wasn't too close to me at the finish.
Clearly the body needs a rest for some reason so I'll take it easy tomorrow instead of the miles.
Anyway just plugged away up the first hill and was pretty pleased with how I did actually. Not too far behind the two Crusaders Brians. Didn't have great legs for the kinda flat bit so dropped a bit behind them. The descent then was really fun (except for the fallen fence bits). Winding through the forest with mud and trees and terrain I gained loads of places.
At the bottom there was a bridge and then uphill started again. Straight away I was in the hurt zone and came to an almost stop. Survived maybe 1 minute before I was just dead on my feet. After a bit I managed to convince myself that I need the training and made myself go through the motions of running up the hill even if it wasn't very fast. There was a purple guy who was going the same speed but otherwise I lost about 10 places, if not more. When the climb eventually ended it was only briefly, there was a downhill I hadn't anticipated before another climb. This was short enough that I managed to convince myself I could run it. Passed out the purple guy but he hung on so we ended up having a little race before the descent proper. I just cruised down that and passed one person, on then only just before meeting the road so opened up the stride and made sure she wasn't too close to me at the finish.
Clearly the body needs a rest for some reason so I'll take it easy tomorrow instead of the miles.
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