I ran a 10k race today. It was 28 degrees on the course and by about 3k I knew I’d have no hope of shaving 6 mins of my PB of 56 minutes.
By 4k, and after having watched the elite men nearly finished at 7.5k on the other side of the road, I was happy just to finish. I’m not sure I can say I enjoyed any of it which is a first for me.
I actually turned in a 59 minute time which is pretty okay. I was gutted initially but then realised about two thousand people didn’t even finish and decided to be less hard on myself. Frustratingly, I was on target and reached 7k at 38 minutes but the lack of shade and high temperatures finally got to me. It took me 21 minutes to do that final 3k. It was also pretty sweet to run part of the Olympic road race course and head up the Pall to finish with all the union jacks up.
Still, now I have a week off – boyfriend’s orders – and a chance to train up to the Run to the Beat half in late October. It might well rain for that one but I’ll be grateful to not be running in such high temperatures for a while.
Big kudos to my fellow running partners Soraya and Jo. We’ll smash the next one ladies!
