Training Log Archive: Lottierun

back, hamstring, shoulder, calf, hip flexor stretches, dynamic stretches and postural exercises

Berks xc champs plus warm up and cool down. Extremely cold, rain toward end of race. Ground frozen solid and largely on rutted frozen crop fields so very difficult to run on with going over on ankles. Only one slight incline over 3 longer laps and no mud so not really my course. Kept compression tights and arm guards on for the race which is unusual for me but I didn’t overheat at all. Senior race with u20 who did a lap less so one of them plus one senior went off super hard at the start, I couldn’t go with them but moved through from 5th to 3rd overall in the two short loops and maintained that over the long laps- one u20 sprinted past me to finish her final lap but I let her as still had another lap to go. Was challenged by one girl in the middle of the race but moved away from her again relatively easily. Felt strong but was so far behind the leader I didn’t have to work too hard to maintain position and finished strongly but vomited crossing the line (again). May just have been the 1/2 sachet of gel I took before the race? I finished 2nd senior but they won’t award me 2nd as I’m v35 so I was first in that category but 2nd selected for the Berks team…