Cross Country

3 Points if you can spot 2 RAF Triathletes in this pic!

3 points if you can tell me the names of 3 RAF Triathletes in this pic!

I ran in the Lincs Services Cross Country League yesterday; my first outing on the mud for quite some time. I have never been a fan of this type of running. However, yesterday the ground was not too bad and there were some decent stretches where you could get some flow into running. Not that I felt brilliant but I managed 6th overall. I think that the field was depleted due to the Christmas run up. Fellow triathletes Daz Sharpe and Pete Norris were missing, so there are 2 places that would have been in front of me! I chatted to Mike Taylor too. Now he is a decent runner and has potential to do very well at triathlon - just stay injury free! Clearly on the come back trail, I think he was just behind me. I am sure that normal placings will resume soon and he will be far ahead!

It was good to get a sustained hard run completed and my legs do not feel too bad today. I managed an hour easy this morning before work. Normally, my legs are screwed after a race of any sort but there was just heaviness today. A spin on the trusty single speed should sort that out! Snow is on the way, so the forecast predicts! So perhaps cycling outdoors will cease before long.

I reckon a review of 2011 is on the cards for the next Blog post. It is hard to imagine that it was only a few months ago that I was racing triathlons! For now, the run focus continues but I fear that age is telling as I am feeling quite slow 8-(