There are rumors that last weekend’s 6K cross country race was actually 6.3K. That’s an extra 0.2 miles, which puts me right at a 10:00/mile average. Which is pretty fast for me and would explain why my heart rate was so high and why I was really struggling!
Sarah,
It was 6.3k last year but they changed the course this year and it was probably the proper 6k they ran for the 2003 USA Cross Country Championships. You found the race tough because it ***was*** tough. There are six nasty hills that are hard to recover from but just when you’re ready to run hard there’s another hill to climb.
Steeeve