26th Feb - XC race

Orion Mob Match at farthing downs.

Took it easy for first few miles adn settled in nicely. Bottom of the valley was ridiculously muddy and had no spikes in my shoes so lost some pace but just kept pushing. Never run on such a muddy course, was all over the place.

Lost a few metres to first place and thought "i'll catch that back in a minute", big mistake, those few metres turned into about 100m by the end, clawed back maybe 20 metres on the final ridge but to be honest made a big mistake letting him get away in the first place.

Overall felt really good though, felt strong throughout and pushed at maybe 85-90 percent for the majority of the race.

2nd place
7.5 miles - 48.20

1st place was 20 senconds ahead and 3rd place 1 minute behind.

Left knee stiff for 1 day after.