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 28th 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 for the day to be a disaster.
The registration process was really quick and easy and
the race was brilliantly organised and marshalled. My biggest mistake of the
day was to believe the weather forecast and run in my waterproof jacket, the
promised rain never came and I overheated like crazy fairly early on but I kept
at it (at least the jacket meant I was easy to spot in the photos after the
race).
Apart from the 2nd km I ran the race a lot
more even at the pace I wanted to than I had done in June. I really annoyed
myself by having to stopping the 3rd km to re-tie my laces. The rest of the race was fairly straightforward
and I ran how I wanted although by the time I got to km 8 and 9 I felt I was
starting to struggle and then somehow in the final km I found an extra gear and
just decided to empty the tank from there to the finish and I finished in 52:04.
Overall I was very happy with my performance and really
enjoyed the race. I would definitely do it again as the organisation,
marshalling and support on the route were superb.
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