ACT Masters XC Handicap 7.4km 27:00

Perfect morning again for running. Weather cool, sunny, light winds. Course very hilly forest clay based trails. Mostly up on outward section, mostly down on return. I train here a few days a week, no surprises. Gabe also backing up from the session on Saturday.

Splits: 4:00/km,3:45/km,3:54/km,3:21/km,3:37/km,3:38/km,3:40/km,2:51/km. I felt great throughout, caught all but 4 runners, 3rd place on handicap. My highest age standard for 2019 95.1%

Next Sunday is Australian Masters Athletic Half Marathon Championships. I'll be having a light training week with reducing volume and a couple of tempo runs. I don't have any race time ambitions. Goal is to place highly and have a solid run. Course is slow, mostly on shared bike path.

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