Running - Trail race 38:17 [5] 10.35 km (3:42 / km) +100m 3:32 / km
shoes: Saucony Kilkenny 2017 blue
Yorkshires. 39th. 6th counter (3rd team).
Felt alright. Got on the back of the group at the first split, but when the second split came I wasn't willing to gamble with the effort required to cross the gap. (Sean from Leeds did but slipped back on the 3rd lap). Maybe I should have as Leeds and Rotherham both had a runner in that pack.
I was maybe a bit passive in the middle laps, keeping the effort level honest and sticking with the the guys I was with, a few coming past but again easing away as I wasn't willing to surge to keep up. Pete came past with a lap to go and I stuck pretty well to him, maybe as I felt my team place was at stake?
Steve 3rd, Rob 5th, Connor 18th, John 21st, then Pete and me in 38/39th.
Subconsciously maybe I was just here to get round in the team for a medal? Not a great attitude given the bus you could fit between our 4th and 5/6th counters and that Rotherham beat us for 2nd. Leeds and Rotherham had a guy each in the pack ahead that I wasn't willing to get in.
I think I ran OK and am fairly pleased, but don't feel like I left it all out there. Hopefully I'll feel more able to do this at Northerns and National (where hopefully I'll only trouble the scorers with a stellar run).
Running - Road 18:21 [1] 3.33 km (5:30 / km) +25m 5:19 / km
shoes: Mudclaw 300 'Classic' green
wd with Pete. Either he hasn't heard the story of last years trigger before or he has the patience of a saint. Anyway, next week's task...