Apologies about the delay of this post coming up, but ever since I have come back to school this term I have been up to my head in work... okay pretty much only Maths work, but I have finally got most of that done now, so I have put some time aside to blog! This weekend I had Kent XC Champs at Brands Hatch and I'll say it now but I wouldn't say it went well or badly, it was just okay I guess... Having come back from Lanzarote on the Thursday and racing on the Saturday, I always knew I was going to still be tired, but I just didn't know to what extent. After two good nights sleep back in my own bed, I woke up ready with a surprisingly large amount of energy. My usual tradition on the friday night of carbonara pasta, while the rest of my family had chillie con carne was no different. On Saturday morning, again I stuck to my usual breakfast, even though I was kindly offered bacon and eggs by my dad (which usually I would never turn down). Once we had arrived...perhaps a little too early (but I am not a fan of being in a rush). Dad, mum and I set out to walk the course, with the course map in our hands. It was a bit chilly but after walking half the course, we had soon warmed up and were taking one of our many layers off. The difficulty I have, of only just taking up XC is that almost all the people in my race, will have run the course at least one time before and they can know what to expect... me on the other, I wasn't quite so ready for how I would feel running up the last hill. After carrying out my warm up, with drills and strides, I was on the start line ready to go and also a little bit squished as the start had a few more people than in the previous kent leagues, and I guess that was all to do with the fact it was Kent XC Champs. The start was just as pushy as I expected, but luckily I got out okay and found myself in a nice little pack, with many other TAC runners too, which worked nicely. The course was 2 small laps and 1 considerably large one. The first 2 small laps flew by and so did I to an extent, I found myslef in a comfortable position, further ahead than I had expected. Perhaps I lost concentration because of this, or perhaps my week of seriously intense training had caught up on me, because as I came into the last 1km and also the last (only) hill, I was tired... very tired. Yes perhaps I had gone out too fast, but that felt comfortable at the time and it didn't help it was a hill at the end, which just dragged on and on. In the last 1km I lost 3 places and I came across the line in 11th... which well I was initially happy with, but looking back I would have liked to have done better. I will definitely take some positives from the race though, because apart form the first km, I felt more stronger than usual, and although I didn't finish it off well, I guess that is definitely something to take away and improve on. I had made the decision to make the most of my training week in Lanzarote and I hope that will benfit me in the long run, especially with the rest of a very busy cross country season to folllow. I have got a very busy January of races, so I thought I would leave my post all about my training camp in Lanzarote for Febuary, but I'll be sure to keep the photos from there still posting on my instagram, to help motivate everyone through the winter. Well done to everyone who raced last weekend, as I know lots of people had their county champs.
G x
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10/14/2017 02:51:52 am
We need to held these kind of Marathon race in our own institutes for helping the students to stay active and sound. Race keeps your body parts moving and active and blood circulates all over while you are running. The picture shows how much interested the girls are in the race to win a position.
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