Sport in Action 10K
I decided when I signed up for the Great Scottish Run that I wanted to sign up for a 10K about half way through the training schedule to give me another race and to see what progress I’d made throughout the training program. I decided to sign up for the Sport in Action 10K in Carlisle on 28 th August and as it was on the August Bank Holiday weekend it meant I could have a couple of days either side of it at my parents’ house. This race came at the end of week 7 of my half marathon training plan so I knew that I would be ok with the distance as I’d being doing almost double the distance on my long runs. My only slight concern was with what speed I could run because most of my training to that point was at an easy or steady pace. My main goal with this race was to complete it without injury and I was aiming to beat the 54:00 I’d run at the Glasgow Men’s 10K in June . When I woke up to the weather forecast suggesting heavy rain and winds gusting up to 19mph I was prepared