Well I completed two 5-mile runs over the last weekend. The first was the Harvel 5, which was in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately, I got a lift down. Even though the weather conditions were great, i.e. it was sunny. It had rained previously, so there were puddles of mud over the course. I got soaked a couple of times by splashers and eventually got bogged down, attempting to run at comfortable cruising but fast speed. I still managed at time of 37:09.
Next day was the Eltham 5, which I did last year in 39:43 after little training. I felt nowhere as good as the day before and went fairly even pace and kicked the final mile. I ran it in 39:08. However, I did lose about 30-40 seconds, tying up my shoelaces.
Tuesday, I ran again in Dartford Roadrunners handicap. But now I am not so well handicapped after probably running too hard on the time trial that I finished in 3rd. Still finished 10th though despite everything.
Future runs. Well for Dartford Roadrunners, it would be the half marathon in July. I need to step up training for that. But I am may well do a couple of 10K runs with friends in Staplehurst/Rochester.
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