A busy weekend.
Real start to the cross country season with the first round of the Metropolitan League at Ruislip. 350 Runners on the narrow paths through the woods near the Lido. Decided to wear Adidas Swoop studs as this course is quite stoney in places, however I fell on the first lap going over a metal grid on a sharp turn. Got up straight away with no ill-effects. Suffered big time but came out in 58th position and first scorer for the club. A lot better than I'd hoped for (top 70) and much better than previous seasons when top 100 would be good. Standard has gone up if anything so really pleased. ESM only managed 10th position with usual suspects like WG&EL and Shaftsbury being joined by Serpentine as the leading clubs.
On the Saturday night drove up to Leicester as my wife was doing the Marathon and I was doing the Half. She came in at 3:43 so really really good and qualifying time for London next year, which was the aim despite illness the previous week. I took it pretty steady for the Half in 1:24. Legs will be stiff for next few days as longest run for ages.
Met League Results on Hillingdon's Web Site
Leicester Results
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Horsenden Relays
A very low key start to the cross country season for North/West London clubs. One of the oldest relays around (something like its 68th year) saw a only handful of mens and womens teams compete in 6 X 2.4 mile relay event.
I was on the second leg for the A team setting off in 8th position. Managed to take over a few runners including Shaftsbury & Barnet, Highgate and Heathside. Got the team up to 4th after a pretty good run. Felt quite easy - struggled a bit up the inclines - so will have to do some hill work over the next few weeks - work and achilles permitting!! Fastest time for the team and beat usual suspects from other clubs. Racing for between 12-20 mins seems to be my forte. Must keep leg speed up but would also like to compete at sharp end over the 5mile/8k cross-countries this season.
Results can be found on the Ealing Web Site
I was on the second leg for the A team setting off in 8th position. Managed to take over a few runners including Shaftsbury & Barnet, Highgate and Heathside. Got the team up to 4th after a pretty good run. Felt quite easy - struggled a bit up the inclines - so will have to do some hill work over the next few weeks - work and achilles permitting!! Fastest time for the team and beat usual suspects from other clubs. Racing for between 12-20 mins seems to be my forte. Must keep leg speed up but would also like to compete at sharp end over the 5mile/8k cross-countries this season.
Results can be found on the Ealing Web Site
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