Running race 50:47 [5] 7.9 mi (6:26 / mi) +110m 6:10 / mi
English National XC - 324th 50:47
I felt I should make the top 300, and a good run would see me in the top 250, so obv. disappointed.
The conclusion is simple - I wasn't tough enough mentally, physically fit enough to achieve this, but when the going got tough, I didn't dig in.
Wonderful course, of 2 halves, fast and mainly downhill in the first half, then a grind up before the sticky stuff kicked in.
First lap was fine but didn't get going again after the first swamp, ran too conservatively 2nd lap and didn't hurt myself enough.
3rd lap was a bit better but the damage was already done and it was a case of treading water.
XC has never been my game, but the National is a 'must-do' and I can do better.
Determined to smash the road races into the summer now