Health to you and everybody driske!
Thank-you for the thoughts on the bib post. To err is human, to persevere is diabolical.
today: had a blast of a race! Didn't feel primed up, but still had a blast. About 5.7km, in about 21mins. Ran without a watch, in 5Fs Sprints. Quite slippery grass due to rain, no mud. Could have been all grass but the organizers were "lazy" and went mostly for the main gravelly, earthy paths. Shame. Race highlight was gaining about 20 positions from last year. But it is quite meaningless as not same runners, not identical course, ect ect...
Another moment to describe, was by one of our teary-eyed younger runners (coached by colleagues) who i followed from afar in her race and noticed she practically only breathed through her nose. At one point she just stopped and didnt want to finish. Maybe she is just spoiled, i am not sure, but finally managed to make it to the finish line and not make a tragedy out of it. Talked to the colleagues and suggested to focus on breathing on these young ones. They tense up so badly, their jaws pratically lock up, until they become so hypoxic they burst open and send them in a panic...
cheers all.