A very windy day. I was happy with my time and tactics i.e. similar kilometre splits of around 3mins 44secs. I finished 28th today, but couldn't could quite catch either Brian French or Mark Ashby in the last 200m.
I only raced this because I accidentally entered it online. I even allowed a wee girl to overtake me on the line, since I soon realised this was a fun race for kids and the wee lassie was powering towards the line and trying hard to catch me. Good for her and I'm sure she'll be one for the future. The distance was well short - 2.41km instead of the supposed 3K.
Time today 37mins 55secs. A windy day and a course which is 75m longer than it should be i.e. 14secs of extra running. I finished in 12th position today.
This was my 40th race in 2011.
Time tonight cannot be taken seriously as a 5K time, because the overall distance was short by 480m, so to make up the whole 5K distance I really should add on an extra 1min 35secs to make my 5K time more realistic.
My time today was 37mins 24secs. I was happy with my overall time and strategy of keeping to accurate kilometre splits i.e. 3mins 44secs per km for the vast majority of the race.
My time today was 43mins 21secs and I finished in 9th place - quite happy! This really is a trail race along paths and grass and up and down very steep stairs.