Even managed to qualify to run in the UK InterCounties Champs and World Trials at the end of the season.
Results from all my races are on the wonderful Power of 10 site, absolute heaven for athletics geekery, and reveals my progress over the last few months plus a couple of good results from years gone by:
Highlight is probably a 39.25 10km and the possibility of what was to come in 2008 after I finally knuckled down to training properly at uni, giving me a taster of what I could actually achieve with a bit of consistency and dedication to doing things properly!
Onwards from the XC season I had 2 aims:
- Midlands & National Road Relay Champs
- Oulton Park Duathlon
At the Midlands we didn't put out our strongest team, but I completed my first road race in 3.5 years without any problems - over the moon!
And then at the Nationals everybody in the team put in amazing performances as we came 7th!
Possibly our best ever performance at the 6 stage!
As well as putting in some consistent training and longer runs, I'd been attempting to add in more cycling to my training regime with a weekly spin class and a bike ride on a Sunday (usually after racing on a Saturday and running 10-13 miles on Sunday morning) - at this point I wasn't exactly loving the bike! As a bit of a novice I think I was using the wrong gears and picking the wrong routes - being too scared to try the main routes I was winding my way in and out of potholes down some very windy country lanes.
Luckily for my slightly girlish attempts at cycling a change of scene was just around the corner, forcing me to explore some new routes and accidentally discover some main roads!
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