Run > Race

First cross country of winter 24/25 season. East District relays - bit of a mess with entries, partly my fault. We needed 4 men for a team and 3 women. We had 7 men and 5 women! So not quite two of each team. Eventually we had 6 women but still only 7 men. The technique is to guess the teams from the interest, but add whole club to each team, so if someone comes in later you can sub them in. I hadn't done that. Others at club sorted it. Then for declarations (actual names which you can do right up to the day / time of the race) I put names against women's A team, which was seniors, who were Masters and vice versa. Didn't think it mattered. But turns out the Masters women were eyeing a prize winning spot. And they got 3rd. So just before race they were swapping numbers. To be fair I heard many clubs had problems with entries. For instance we had one eligible runner who didn't show in the declarations. Anyway the guy at declarations said contact Scottish Athletics and they can fix it after. Hope so. That's Monday's faff! Women's Masters 3rd which was fab. Men's fast team was unfortunately not all masters. Enjoyed my run. Felt OK in parts and don't think I was the slowest! G

1) 1mi - 7:55(7:55/mi) 170/190bpm [1345b/mi] 120cal
2) 1mi - 7:51(7:51/mi) 181/186bpm [1422b/mi] 126cal
3) 0.45mi - 3:02(6:44/mi) 180/185bpm [1212b/mi] 48cal