53-12 XC League Race 1-Notley Park, Witham

Sun November 2 2008
Listed by Tom Tom
Entrants (4) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
AJPAR First try at XC, who knows? Running for Witham!!

Very enjoyable, 28th place and 1st home for Witham. Unaffiliated 28:47 29:54 35:00 30:27 71.08
themookid Thankfully not as muddy as I was expecting after the amount of rain in the past 48 hours  (I certainly wasnt expecting the warm sunshine).  A bit slippery here and there but otherwise great conditions.

I wasnt expecting a lot after last nights halloween party and didnt feel to good still during my warm up.  Once we were off all was forgotten though.  It was either a very quick start from me or a slow one from everyone else as I was clearly up in the top 20 in the early stages.  Pushed up the first hill well taking a few guys as usual and for once had a strong downhill too and didnt loose any places.  Once we were out on the field edges I came off the gas a little and settled into a quick but controlled pace.  Paul settled in behind me and my goal from then on was to keep him there.  A few started passing as we got back to the main park and Paul tried pulling away at this point.  I managed a strong hill again the second time around and made a huge effort to keep the downhill pace going right around the last field.   Passing Paul and two guys I had been following for ages managed to keep it on to the line.  36th!! My best cross country and probably my best race :)  31:04 is under my 5 mile pb, so I can only assume the course was far short.  Especially pleased that I didnt die off in the last mile as is my usual style and actually found a long sprint finish. Unaffiliated 31:20 31:20 31:04 67.85
Tom Tom PB position of 7th today, so pleased with that, but didn't really feel on the ball today:( Opening mile run way too quickly, as usual (6.27 ffs!!), so I was blowing out of my arse for the rest of the race. Lucky really that a lot of the faster women weren't there today! Unaffiliated 31:33 33:06 33:15 72.52
Bolt Harwich Runners 33:33 34:20 64.98

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