Cross country warm up/down (Warm up) 16:35 [2] 2.71 km (6:07 / km)
shoes: Saucony Shay XC 2 spikes
Pre South of England Cross Country Champs warm up
Cross country race 54:17 [5] 14.23 km (3:49 / km)
shoes: Saucony Shay XC 2 spikes
South of England Cross Country Championships 2013, Parliament Hill
Fairly class Parliament Hill Southerns: lots of thick mud and hills, although the laps now feel shorter, presumably due to the number of times I've run here. I'd hoped for a slight improvement on last year's 44th at Brighton, on the basis that a number of people would have cried off due with the Nationals only a week away.
As it was, despite meaning to have a conservative, steady paced start I maybe went off too fast. The 2nd half of the first lap and much of the second was about being overtaken but I managed to hold things together in the 3rd, keeping ahead of Highgate's Henry Dodwell following last week's narrow loss.
Overall another fairly satisfying run - better than 45th would have been nice but I don't feel I could have done much more on the day.