10km | 45:50 | Race Week 6 of 11 CoolBlogger BlkBox picked me up this morning and the first thing I said to him when I hopped in his car was that I was not going to out hard today and that a solid 50:00 run was all that I was after. I hadn't run at all this week since my run on Tuesday because of my achilles niggle and chose to spin instead. I got up early this morning and massaged my pesky achilles with Voltaren gel and made myself a double shot expresso for that extra special zip. At the gun BlkBox and I set off with the other two hundred odd runners at a brisk pace. I said at the time that with the absence of any pacers this race that I may find myself going out way too hard in the first KM or two. Yep, by time we hit the 1km marker we had gone through at 4:31. Oops too fast again. Anyway I was feeling pretty good and I'm a sucker for pushing myself in any race, so I tried to keep it up as smooth as I could. My splits for the race were:- 4:31 4:37 4:31 4:36 4:39 5km 22:56 4:31 4:42 4:35 4:32 4:32 10km 45:50 Very happy with the result considering that its on the back of inconsistant training, the odd niggle and the flu. Great to also meet CR PortRunner and also CRs Ellie80 and Will who both made their Striders debut this morning. Mood: --->

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