a race, some waddling and XCR in review

..i knew hte TAN was never going to be pretty with my hip being sore, TOM, and also 2 weeks on from a half marathon. Stu has alwasy told me that you dont run a good tan time 2 weeks after a half, so my expectations were not high

went for the warm up jog and was alarmed at just how sore my hip was. We had a spare girl so i asked stu if he could actually replace me... no ive submitted the teams (I still think he couldve if he wanted to- i was quite concerned as seriusly it did not feel nice....
previous years i have run 17.3x, 17.3x,17.21 and 17.19 last year. dont run to expectation, i should be a sub 17min runnner but just cant pick the speed back up afte hte hill

anyway started off at the right pace (4.24 for the first km-which included the start of the hill)4.41 which included the hill so thats okay (i did walk for 5m up the hill-hip was sore and i seem to be soft) but the disappointing km was the 3rd where i just couldnt pick it up 4.37 and then the last 800m at 4.23 EDIT oops thats 4.23min/km pace which is 3.36 for the 800m

stu says i was way too slow OVER the hill but thats all i could muster. considering that its 2 weeks after a half and i ran a 2s pb 17.17 thats not too bad an effort.

MAN did i struggle though, it felt like i wouldnt finish :(
limping for hte rest of the day so 63 min water run today.

so XCR in review(and then the fight)
R1-injured
R2-injured
R3-sandown 10km, 47.25 not long back into training after the achilles.
R4-ballarat 15km pb over this course/distance, didnt love the run but got through
R5-coliban 7.9km in around 39 mins -felt terrible couldnt breathe and spewed..lol a pleasure
R6-bundoora- didnt have a team and after working all morning opted out(which i shouldnt have)
YOU YANGS 15km race-took a nasty tumble and lknees gashed to shreds
R7-brimbank 6km -knees still banadaged and weeping, walked the big hill over 30mins but a reasonable run considering
R8-sandown relays- 6.2km ran 27.30 which is only 3s slower than last year so STARTING to get back
R9-burnley half- 1.44.x feet ached for 15km and there was no joy
R10 -Tan relay 17.17 2 s pb

not a good season overall but i did tough it out. Walked in multiple races
(4 times-different reasons but basically soft, coliban couldnt breathe and spewed, brimbank-big hills and couldnt put pressure on messy knees, sandown 5 steps to have some ventolin on the back straight, tan - anderson st 5 m as hip was pretty sore+im soft)
which i havent done previousl