Tuesday 16 October 2012

Flintshire 10k.

after what some would call a disater at the chester marathon i decided that the day after i would stop dwelling on it with me little tantrum an GET OVER IT. There will be other marathons but in the meantime i want to recover from this one an then take a fresh outlook on the way i train an race. kinda like a fresh start. so i first wanted to have a good run as soon as i could somewhere at any distance, dont particularly care where, but since it was the Flintshire 10k the sunday after Chester i decided to enter on the day. this was my chance to really GET OVER IT. Saturday 13th today i did a 5k in gwersyllt wrexham in Alyn waters park because i wanted to know what kind of state me legs were in before the sunday race. so at the start i went off at a comfy pace arond 7:45-8:00 to get going. legs felt really good though so i very soon increased the pace to go through the first mile in 7:29. legs felt okay up to now so i kept the pace the same to go through the second mile in 7:31 (getting nicely warmed up by now). naturally though this was arace and i was getting itchy feet, glanced at the watch, oh look at that 2.5miles, if i go now, an really shift i could be at the finish in 3mins. Bang. instinctively i just went, FLAT OUT. the garmin reckons this mile was done in 6:29 apparently 2.75-3.00mile took 75secs BINGO this was the confidence i needed for my effort at Flintshire. i finnished the 5k nice an comfy in 22:30. JOB DONE. SUNDAY 14th so today it was the Flintshire 10k. an i felt strong, well....in my head anyway. so race head went on. by the time i got there i was well psyched up. i hurried to race entry, was last person to enter the race before entries closed. pheeew. got changed got warmed up got on start line this was it, the weather was perfect for it to. 3.....watch started, check 2.....number on right, check. bit late though anyway if it wasn`t. 1.....feet behind the line GO....an were off jesus how fast are they starting on the oother side of the road. i had hoped to beat some of them qiuck lads really. off the deeside ac lads went though anyway. i didn`t worry though because i thought some were bound to slow once we got to the hill starting at the mile marker. quick count an i was in 10th, happy days. half a mile in some guy tried to pass me. Not happening sunshine. i aint givin up that easy, although neither was i-pod man just a few metres ahead running with the deeside lads. Low an behold they pretty much all cracked on the start of the hill one by one. so at 1mile (5:35) i now had a person to constantly work towards. first up, i pod man, now i`m 9th next, two young deeside lads, good now i`m 7th. at the top of the hill round a bend i noticed a fairly decent gap to the next man. a hard chase through 2miles (6.07) and i was on the on the shoulder of 6th an 5th naturally i carried on the effort. coming toward the end of the third mile i did start to slightly panick thinkin "oh god i`ve gone to hard" then 3miles came (5:26). i was hurting now alot. i knew as i went passed the crowds at the halfway stage that this was now a hang on for ride job. so onwards i went through 4mile (5:53) i was motivated now by just the sight of one runner ahead although by the time i got near i had caught sight of the 5th an 4th man so no rest yet. another hard effort yet again an by 5miles(6:05) i was in 4th. this was getting better position wise with every mile. however i was hurting now, not just midly, EVERYTHING. legs sore an lungs burning. i happened to see the 3rd man but the idea of making this any more painfull was to much. so i carried on as best i could through that never ending sixth mile (5:36) to see the finish, oh thank god for that. over the line in 35:25. so much burning in me legs. that was a true 100% effort there. so i was well happy with that. motivation to train again. CHECK. JOB DONE. 2nd senior male. happy days.

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