ACT Masters XC Handicap : Majura West 10km
Weather sunny, cool to warm, a breeze. The course an out and back 300m up hill start followed by flat to undulating gravel fire trails with a few very long up hill sections. I last raced this course in 2009, seven years ago. Looking back I was in very good form then and the race was a few weeks after AMA Championships (also) in Adelaide, not a few days after.
I had around 3km kilometres of encountering returning runners before the traffic of both oncoming and passing runners became more frequent.
Splits: 3:49,3:27,3:25,3:56,3:53 (18:32 5km),3:56,3:38,4:07,3:45,3:43=37:43 (around a minute slower than in 2009). No course record (I already had that), new M50 course record. Felt like I was going well for first 5km, a real struggle in the last 5km. That's fatigue for you.
This afternoon an easy 5km loosener to make 20km for the day, 120km last 7 days. Next session on Tuesday, probably some long XC intervals.
In the King and Queen on the Mountain KT, Kathy, Helen and Maria well in contention.
I had around 3km kilometres of encountering returning runners before the traffic of both oncoming and passing runners became more frequent.
Splits: 3:49,3:27,3:25,3:56,3:53 (18:32 5km),3:56,3:38,4:07,3:45,3:43=37:43 (around a minute slower than in 2009). No course record (I already had that), new M50 course record. Felt like I was going well for first 5km, a real struggle in the last 5km. That's fatigue for you.
This afternoon an easy 5km loosener to make 20km for the day, 120km last 7 days. Next session on Tuesday, probably some long XC intervals.
In the King and Queen on the Mountain KT, Kathy, Helen and Maria well in contention.
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