The First 10Miler
Wow that was a milestone!!
My first ever 10mile run took place at the Lasswade Atletics Club BUPA 10 mile road race. It was damned hard - very hilly, hilly and then a few more hills but I managed to finish just like a gazelle - on all fours!
We had to arrive at Polton Hall Recreation Club at 10:30am in order to register my participation in the race which didn't start till 12pm. Needless to say my other half was pretty fidgetty during the wait. As it was a pretty cold morning I spent most of the time running to and fro the bathroom.
We set off to time and I was immediately right at the back of the pack, after the first mile I managed to overtake a couple of lassies on one of the first of the killer hills. All the pride gained by moving further to the front of the pack was soon evaporated when the sweeper bus overtook me at mile 2, thankfully the driver didn't offer me a lift to the finish so I must have looked comfortable enough.
A little while after the other half swept past in the car shouting "knees up, lengthen your stride, keep going" before pulling over to take my photo just as I reached the brow of the first of the hills - all red faced and dripping in sweat and tears.
I then had a short bit where it was level and then a blissfull downhill stretch which allowed me to catch up with another 3 people - I now had 5 people behind me and about 345 in front of me.
I got to the 6 mile point - the point at which everyone had promised it would all be downhill to the end. Funny really as I could have sworn I was going uphill to the drinks station at mile 6.5, maybe I was hallucinating in the hot sun?
As we joined the main road again at mile 7 it was fairly flat and as we rounded the last 3/4 of a mile it really was downhill to the finish where I pipped a couple of people at the last dash to finish in 1hr 51 mins and 10secs. I must have looked quite a state as the woman handing out bottles of water insisted I must take 2 as I looked like I needed it - nice.
There wasn't much in the way of vegetarian sandwiches left so I took a piece of shortbread and wolfed down the brie and cranberry sandwich I had brought with me courtesy of the loving hands of the other half.
The showers didn't look too inviting so I took the risk and got into the car for the 20minute ride home to shower there. On arrival at home the 20mins journey had been enough for me to sieze up and I was turtled. I could not get out of the car, thankfully the other half assisted me (but only after a good spell of laughter of course). I then took a long soak in the tub before getting changed and setting the table for a Mothers day dinner for the in-laws. I made sure the medal took pride of place in my outfit and made damn sure it chinked of everything I came near so people noticed it.
The medal is very lovely - one of the best I've had so far and the one I worked the hardest for to date. Back to work tommorrow but I am only in the office so I can continue to wear my nice shiny medal and revel in my glory.
My first ever 10mile run took place at the Lasswade Atletics Club BUPA 10 mile road race. It was damned hard - very hilly, hilly and then a few more hills but I managed to finish just like a gazelle - on all fours!
We had to arrive at Polton Hall Recreation Club at 10:30am in order to register my participation in the race which didn't start till 12pm. Needless to say my other half was pretty fidgetty during the wait. As it was a pretty cold morning I spent most of the time running to and fro the bathroom.
We set off to time and I was immediately right at the back of the pack, after the first mile I managed to overtake a couple of lassies on one of the first of the killer hills. All the pride gained by moving further to the front of the pack was soon evaporated when the sweeper bus overtook me at mile 2, thankfully the driver didn't offer me a lift to the finish so I must have looked comfortable enough.
A little while after the other half swept past in the car shouting "knees up, lengthen your stride, keep going" before pulling over to take my photo just as I reached the brow of the first of the hills - all red faced and dripping in sweat and tears.
I then had a short bit where it was level and then a blissfull downhill stretch which allowed me to catch up with another 3 people - I now had 5 people behind me and about 345 in front of me.
I got to the 6 mile point - the point at which everyone had promised it would all be downhill to the end. Funny really as I could have sworn I was going uphill to the drinks station at mile 6.5, maybe I was hallucinating in the hot sun?
As we joined the main road again at mile 7 it was fairly flat and as we rounded the last 3/4 of a mile it really was downhill to the finish where I pipped a couple of people at the last dash to finish in 1hr 51 mins and 10secs. I must have looked quite a state as the woman handing out bottles of water insisted I must take 2 as I looked like I needed it - nice.
There wasn't much in the way of vegetarian sandwiches left so I took a piece of shortbread and wolfed down the brie and cranberry sandwich I had brought with me courtesy of the loving hands of the other half.
The showers didn't look too inviting so I took the risk and got into the car for the 20minute ride home to shower there. On arrival at home the 20mins journey had been enough for me to sieze up and I was turtled. I could not get out of the car, thankfully the other half assisted me (but only after a good spell of laughter of course). I then took a long soak in the tub before getting changed and setting the table for a Mothers day dinner for the in-laws. I made sure the medal took pride of place in my outfit and made damn sure it chinked of everything I came near so people noticed it.
The medal is very lovely - one of the best I've had so far and the one I worked the hardest for to date. Back to work tommorrow but I am only in the office so I can continue to wear my nice shiny medal and revel in my glory.
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