Just in case you didn’t recognise us in jeans... @darebiznis and I ran the 5km race at the Braids Hills XC last weekend! XC (cross-country) runners from Universities all over the UK came to race, and to the post-race #Ceilidh ! ••• I wasn’t planning to “race” it. My legs were pretty trashed from the drive up from a couple of big mountain days and drive up from The Lake District the night before... but I ended up at the front of the start (thanks for that @darebiznis 🙄) and my competitive nature kicked in. So I ran, and found myself pulled along by the pace of the runners around me, Nobody was taking it easy... there wasn’t any room on the narrow path for that! ••• I managed to get around in 19:51 (chip time) for a 4.5km course with 110m of ascent, which was good enough for 79/286 which I’m super happy with. I was really impressed with the strength of the field, of which 159 were female. Darko managed a PB level performance and ran 18:47 for 57th! ••• I haven’t found any photos of me actually running, but I did take some photos of the 10k race that followed! I’ll share my favourites tonight... 😁 #xclife #haries #rundemcrew (at Braid Hills)