Last Sunday I ran the Wilmington 10k, this was the second time I had run this race so I was hoping for a better, but surprise surprise the weather was awful. It is October I suppose but even so horizontal rain does impede running somewhat, at least that is my excuse for a poor time!
Anyway after 46 and something minutes I discovered that they had slightly changed the course and included a soul destroying, leg sapping 400 metres slog around a school playing field, so cruel. By the time I'd finished panting my way round this final part of the course I ended up with a time of 47:08 and 97th out of 312 runners.
I think I ran slightly quicker then this, but I'm not going to quibble over a couple of seconds. Overall a pretty good result albeit 22 seconds slower then last year, I'm not sure where I lost those 22 seconds! My next race is the Chelmsford 10k, before my season finale the Santa Run at Greenwich Park.
Thursday, 30 October 2008
Wilmington 10k 2008
James Mullan Thursday, 30 October 2008
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It must have been you behind me, I came in at 46:59. you were right about the final stage, I was saving some energy for the downhill sprint, only to find a slippery muddy field. Where did you find the results, I have been googling all week?
Yep I expect that was me, sliping and sliding across that field. Annoyingly up to that point I was relatively clean!
The race was organised by the Cambridge Harriers http://www.cambridgeharriers.org.uk/ so I just kept checking on their website and eventually the results were published.
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