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Huge well done to your Brother. Shingle is heavy to run on for sure.
Xc was 3 laps with different profile first & second half, was about 10s per lap quicker (and 6bpm ave higher) each.
Did you overtake quite a few people in the second half?
Plenty, it's much nicer to be picking up places throughout than to go out crazy then gradually drop back, and only means holding back a tiny bit on opening lap. HRM very useful for measuring this as rpe goes out of the window in shorter races I find.
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That's a seriously peaky profile, excellent effort. Where did you come?
Big contrast for me yesterday, the Kent County Vets' XC champs was mainly round a flat grassy field in Dartford, with the odd very sharp but very short slope. Going good to firm, so I logged one of my quicker XC paces, 5:34/m for 5.5 miles. We managed to defend our team title for the V40 race (4 to score) and I went one place better than last year by coming third. A pleasing return to something like my best fitness, so I'm looking forward to next week's Southern Counties Vets' XC, although the competition will be a bit stiffer there.
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Top work @steves a few strides before the start to get the legs firing and and it will be yours.
Nice pacing @rhb, not quite identical but holding it together on a x country race is an example of good work. Did you overtake quite a few people in the second half?
Yes, those coastal paths deserve respect. To run a good time there you have to have done a recce or two. Although the worst bit was possible the shingle on Lulworth Cove at the very end. My brother did his first, and final, ultra, 45 miles of coastal path. BOnkers.