Time/Position: 30.17 (54 from 177 [3rd V50])
Three consecutive Saturday cross-country races, in three different vests, allowing me to briefly indulge my Tour de France fantasies. In the red of Wales two weeks ago, the green of North Wales last week, and the blue of Buckley in the North Wales league today. As with the other two races, this was a pretty average (at best) performance, sluggish throughout. I still remember the last event at Baschurch, which was a classic mud bath complete with river crossing and wall jump. This was nearby in Boreatton, not quite as memorable but still a good course albeit a bit short. It had a few tough climbs and was (surprisingly) not all that muddy, so I wore fell shoes rather than spikes. I slipped on some of the soggier corners (around a little lake) but probably gained the time back on a short gravel track section. A lovely day, with far-reaching views over Shropshire from this big PGL centre in the grounds of an old stately home. I found the pace hard to handle again, and finished miles down the field after a particularly slow final lap of three.
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