ACT Masters 8.3km XC Championships 1st M55+,3rd Overall Masters

Cold and very windy for ACT Masters XC Championships. The course undulating to hilly, biggest obstacle was the wind. The Masters race was combined with Male 20yo. Top 3 Masters settled in behind top 3 Male 20yo and that's the way it stayed the gaps grew bigger. A day for runners who could push into the wind blowing at 40km/hour. Alistair M45 1st Masters, Craig M50 2nd Masters, Me M55 3rd Masters. Melissa 1st Female Masters, Catriona 2nd Female Masters. My time 29:42,8.38km,3:33/km. My Splits: 2000m 6:26,3000m 10:09,5000m 17:18. After the race off to a bush picnic. Big day.

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