BR, I was overtired (still am). Household increased from 2 to 5 people saturday, 4 adults, 1 2yo. First time mrs I's mother comes over to UK in 15 years, so imagine your average woman's house-proud madness and multiply by about 30 to 40. Stressed me out considerably over the last week. Work do's meant 2 late nights thursday and friday, up v. early before/after both for either long commute to work or domestic task list saturday morning. Went to pickup family from Heathrow and spent 5 hours standing around in arrivals. There was some plane trouble, they missed connection and arrived in later flight than anticipated - we didn't know and started worrying about immigration trouble.
So saturday evening fitting all those people in a small flat, meal, lots of chat as you do with family you haven't seen for a long time... Time left for sleep interrupted by jet-lagged 2yo nephew (can't blaim the little fella), and the next morning mrs I proceeded to faff about so I missed my lift to the race. Not a big problem to solve, but annoying as I'm not one to be late usually, especially for a lift.
So that's the circumstances covered ;-)
Race day analysis: set off too fast (people I expected to finish around seemed to come to a halt on the first hill - I must have attacked it too hard), my pace judgement on XC is worse than awful. I think what followed a bit later was a rougher than average rough patch where I felt realy bad, somehow concentrated in my lower legs. I just lacked the mental strength to maybe slow down a bit and run through it. Apart from obviously being a big southern wuss, the second half of last week especially (which didn't involve any running) must have contributed to that.
Sorry to write a few book volumes here, but you asked, BR ;-)
Still trying to figure out how to fit running in at the moment. We haven't found a routine for the new household yet.
What: probably nowt
Why: settling in of new household
