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National xc champsI was taking this race pretty seriously, and had an easy week in preparation for the 12km. The course was predominantly on very even grass, with quite a few changes of direction and short climbs ans descents, but nothing too steep - promising to be a very fast…
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course. I started on the front row and made a good start (very important in a race with 1500 people in it). I was probably around 70th, and felt fairly comfortable. Rob Baker (also GB team) was running just in front of me, and it stayed about the same until the second lap. Then on the hillier section of the course, about half way into the race, I started getting sharp pains in my mid-back. I used to have some back problems as an M20, with similar feelings, but before the race I had been fine for several years. After…
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