The latest round of the Lincs Services Cross Country League took place yesterday near RAF Coningsby. Although I had been fighting off some sort of bug the preceeding Monday and Tuesday, but felt brighter on Wednesday. As I warmed up I didn't feel that great but the race venue was nice - forest tracks. So I was determined to enjoy the race. As we set off, I ended up in the lead. It didn't last long as I went the wrong way! Everyone stopped and retraced our tracks to get back on course! That left me pretty much last. Some of the top runners were not there and the remaining faster guys looked a bit jaded. I think the cross country season was catching up with people.
I managed to work my way through the field of runners and settled into a reasonable pace. I felt like I had good legs but something was not right. I pushed on and held my position throughout the race, with only Daz Sharpe passing me. the good thing was that I didn't fall that far behind Daz. But then he was only just back from a mega week of training in Lanzarote - ah, the life of a top class triathlete! I finished 5th in the end; happy with that. Not so happy with the illness that followed that night! I had bad stomach problems and ended up being off work. Not done any training since as I have been too ill. Feeling brighter now, but with a week of deployment training next week I doubt there will be much training completed for a while.
Next race is the RAF Waddington Lincs League Cross Country race on 14 March. I will either be rested and healthy, or flat and out of shape!
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