Run | Number 18

So last night was the worse run I have experienced ever, my club put on a chase me event last night. For anyone who doesn’t know what that is, it’s a race between the members of the club with a staggered start i.e slow members (like myself) start a certain amount of minutes before faster members and the idea is for the faster members to chase us, the idea is everyone finished roughly around the same time.

3 of us started off together, my usual partner and I and another woman recovering from injury, rookie mistake I took off far too quickly as I was paranoid someone was going to catch up with me within 5 minutes. The chase me took part over a 5k route, considering I’ve been running nearly 10k in trainer you would think this would have been ok, oh how wrong I was. A mile in I was knackered, this week has really taken it out of me, after a longer run then normal on Tuesday and my body recovering from what it was put through at the weekend I was really struggling. We made it to 2.5 miles before people started to catch up with us. But we were soon last in the race, the main point is I finished and that’s enough for me to be proud of and I didn’t come last, 2^nd from last is a slight improvement on last.

At least I’ve gained some experience and now know not to push myself coming out of the start but to start at a comfortable pace. I also have my first pb for a 5k. 42 minutes 42 seconds, is slow to most people, but at least I did it and I know have something to work on and a time to beat.