It was great! Mostly offroad, in fact mostly up a bloody great big muddy hill! Which I ran up, non stop, regular pace! Highlight of the race [beams ear to ear]
I tried to keep what Bob said in my head. Find someone with a comfortable pace and stay with them until the final kick. Well I did but they slowed right down so I set off by myself until I found a couple doing 06:00/km and stuck with them. I might have been able to do sub 6:00/km but my goal was to finish this race and so I stuck behind them. One of them developed a noticable limp about 2/3 of the way round and when it came to the final kick, I couldn't being myself to pass him. Call me a softie/naeive fool but he'd started off with an injured knee and done so well, I couldn't nick the place off him as someone who wasn't even really trying too hard (thats not meant to sound cocky...I mean I had a different goal other than winning). So I crossed the line stuck in behind him and his g/f. James, Nick and Keiran* were there to cheer me over the line and I felt brilliant!
*Keiran had predictably whipped my butt and reckons he crossed the line in 23 mins or so (update: He did - 23:05 chip time and 25th overall). And that was him feeling 'a bit off'. Eeeek! So proud of him. It really made my day racing with him :)
Not a lot of people there, put off by the weather I guess - which was bitterly, bitterly cold.
Anyway...pics later! Now tea and change into warm clothes!
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