Time/Position: 33.45 (42nd from 101 [1st V55])
A double race weekend, always a demanding undertaking but made more so this weekend for a variety of reasons (my age being one!). As luck would have it, this was a relatively civilised (new) course by cross country standards, despite its location right next to the River Severn. It was flat with a few muddy sections, but not as draining as it might have been - I rather enjoyed it. Tomorrow's border league fixture had to be my priority so the idea here was to run at 80% effort and keep a steady pace ticking over. My age group rival Irfon took off at quite a pace on the first short lap so I ended off starting faster than I'd intended to, but eventually the pace steadied and the two short laps gave way to two longer ones, all along the banks of the Severn. As with numerous other recent events, my pace was steady but not remotely fast, and I was still ready for the finish when it came. First V55 in this, and the last fixture at Bala, making me really regret my tribulations at the first fixture in St Asaph, which will obviously adversely affect my overall standing in the age category. As a team, we are now in second, which is pretty good as we only had six male runners here.
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