And that's a poor effort

I didn't so much run like a sack of spuds, more a couch potato. I was worse than ever - and at the moment, that takes some.

Helen came 7th overall, her best position of the winter series and 1st woman - but I won't mention that she just missed the course record - damn it.

I think I made top 15 but can't confirm that. However, I can confirm that my race was lost on the ascent - that and the fact that there were lots of quicker runners running.

I was pleased with my descent, gaining 4 places from the trig but I had to stop and walk too many times on the way up. You know what? I really need to do some training - even a little bit...