Hey Everyone,
In the build up to my series of half marathons (which are getting worryingly close!), I decided to test out what shape I am in, so last night I ran the second of the Yateley 10km Summer Series. I've done a couple of 10ks before, but not for a while and I thought I was in good shape.
I set myself an ambitious target of 40minutes. I hoped more than thought that I could do that, but should be somewhere between 40:30 and 41. This is quite a leap on my previous best of 42:15!
Unfortunately I had a bit of a bad race; I suffered from a nasty stitch from 3 to 7km and couldn't shake it. Even worse, I think I spent too much energy fighting the pain and didn't have enough left to push on.
I finished in a respectable (and new best!) time of 42:04. So it turns out I'm not in bad shape, but not that which I wanted. I still have time pick up, and I'm not looking to go fast for any of them. My main goal is to do a decent pace for each of them, and finish them all so I should be ok. Faster would be nicer, but its not the end of the world.
Until next time, when hopefully I'm feeling a bit faster!
Phil
