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2nd M35, 6th overall.

My second XC race ever -- not a bad result! I felt very cold at the start and my legs were heavy, so I decided to be a bit conservative. After lap 1, I was feeling pretty tired. A lead group went away on lap 2 and it felt risky to follow, so I stuck with a group containing Alex Hutchinson. By lap 3 I was feeling good, and the lead group were a good 30 seconds ahead, so I decided to keep conserving and kick in the last kilometre, as per Simon's suggestion. That's what I did -- and I ran a very fast last k (3:16) and put in a big gap. During the warm down afterward, Alex said he thought I'd been too conservative and should have attacked on the third lap. These are the sorts of things I'll learn with experience!

Thanks to Jay, Kyle, Jerry, and Shaggy for the photos. The last two are of me kicking on the last hill.

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Adam Hammond

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