Last year after the Movember 10K in Greenwich Park I decided that it would be the end of my running year. After all, the weather was getting bad, surely I would not succumb to the desire to continue running into the season of snow, santa suits and antlers. WRONG!
I ran the Richmond 10K and Kingston 10K (my first ever 10K where I did not stop). So of course this year, after running the Movember 10K in Greenwich Park I decided again that would signal the end of my running. After all, the weather is getting bad… HOLD ON!
Oh, I missed the Santa Runs, no Santa suit for me, but apparently the Southend Rudolph 5 Miler had free antlers so I signed up…
So I went to Essex and was a little disappointed to find…
- No antlers
- The race was in Shoeburyness and not Southend. This is the end of the line and an hour plus from London.
- I had terrible shin splints and cramps walking to the start from the train station.
The first mile I was happy, the first 2 thirds of the second too, and then the fourth. I was just not feeling it until I saw the kids from the earlier race with their lovely snow flake medals, and then the faster guys from the 5 miler with their good looking medals. I pushed myself on, finished and received…
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| The Lincoln Santa 10K from the same day. MEDAL ENVY! |
BUT…
On the plus side I did beat my MILE record. PB for me! Woohoo! So it wasn’t all a disaster. Which is what happened last year, when, after saying that was it for the year, I then beat my 10K record and I finished a 10K without walking for the first time.
Next year I am in Lincoln.
