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Rachael Elder - WOC Middle Distance Final - dissapointment

WOC Middle Distance Final - dissapointment

Todays middle distance final was in some tough and technical terrain. I ran well through the first half, making only 2 small mistakes costing me between 40s and a minute in total. Coming through the spectator fly by I was running well although misheard per forsberg and though he said…
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I was 3 mins down as opposed to 3 mins behind the expected time. I failed to reconcentrate after the run through the field and made a big mistake going down the hill at the wrong angle on the way to next control, costing me at least a minute and a half. The bulgarian girl I had passed earlier in the course caught me up again and for the next controls through the heather and bushes we took very similar routes. Towrds the end my legs were feeling very heavy. The uphill run to the last control was mean! I…

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