Drove to Woodville area to attempt 11 off-road strava segments. 10 CRs!!!!!!!!!!: ORC Pick Triangle DOWN, 24 secs, on the 2nd effort of the session @ 3:46/mi pace, 11 secs ahead of my old mate, Ian Johnson, now joint-2nd, 13 ahead of 4th, 18 ahead of joint-10th of 86. Mushroom uphill, 32 secs, on the 3rd effort of the session @ 4:55/mi pace, 18 secs ahead of Nikki Aka Tigger, 27 secs ahead of Ian Johnson in 3rd, 51 ahead of 10th of 27. Mushroom downhill, 20 secs, on the 4th effort of the session @ 3:37/mi pace, 15 secs ahead of James Cassidy's 4-year-old former CR, 19 ahead of 3rd, 26 ahead of joint-7th of 42. ORC Cardiac Hill, 40 secs, on the 5th effort of the session, @ 5:25/mi pace, 4 secs ahead of Peter Wright, 7 James Farmer in 3rd, 12 Ryan/chris baxter in joint-5th - set in April 2019 The Dragon's Lair 10K/FEB 2020 Boothorpe Derby Runner XC Race), 14 Tom Potter in joint-8th, 15 ahead of 10th of 255. ORC Mind the Spring Flowers, 25 secs, on the 6th effort of the session, @ 3:56/mi pace, 6 secs ahead of Alex Bancroft in the FEB 20 XC, 8 Simon Terry/James Farmer/Andy Hawtin/Ryan in joint-3rd - mainly in the 2 races, 15 ahead of simon ward in 10th of 328. ORC Smaug?, 29 secs, on the 7th effort of the session, @ 4:42/mi pace, 4 secs ahead Andy Hawtin (Dragon's Lair), 7 Ryan in joint-3rd (same), 8 simon ward in joint-5th (Dragon's), 10 ahead of joint-8th of 242. ORC Beowulf, 59 secs, on the 8th effort of the session, @ 5:27/mi pace, 12 secs ahead of Andy Hawtin (Dragon's Lair), 13 Ryan/James F in joint-3rd (same), 25 Simon Terry in 9th (Dragon's), 26 ahead of 10th of 186. Hill Training, 2 mins 12 secs, on the 9th effort of the session, @ 5:55/mi pace, 5 secs ahead of James F, 8 Andy H in 3rd, 9 Ryan in 4th, 22 simon ward in joint-5th, 31 ahead of 10th of 186. Yellow sign to yellow sign, 1 min 26 secs, on the 10th effort of the session, @ 6:17/mi pace, 9 secs ahead of Dean Rowland, 10 Connor Webb in 3rd, 15 Simon Terry in 6th, 17 Tom Potter in joint-7th, 20 ahead of 10th of 282. ORC Pick Triangle UP, 31 secs, on the 11th effort of the session, @ 4:51/mi pace, 4 secs ahead of Simon Terry's 5-year-old former CR, 8 James F in 3rd, 20 ahead of joint-9th of 74.
9th overall on Up, round the stone, and down, 26 secs @ 6:53/mi, 11 secs behind CR, although strategically I can see what I need to do next time.
Wore my new NIKE Evolution 4 EU trainers which came yesterday. No issues (clearly!)
938 strava CRs held - an all-time high, as lost 1 in Kegworth yesterday.
Amazing