Thanks, yeah the medal is huge! I had some tightness in my calf after Parkrun yesterday and it gravitated to my right achillies in the evening.
I’ve had this before but not often and quite random. I felt it just warming up. I started at a very easy 6.20 pace but by 8km I was down to 6.40, not quite hobbling.
We had a cool breeze, right up until 15 mins before the start, then the clouds legged it and just became a massive hair dryer.
I was woefully undertrained and today wasn’t really a day for ‘winging it’. Definitely happy with choices. It was only ever a benchmark hit out.
Two things of interest. First is that despite setting out at a very slow HM pace and pulling the plug at 11km, I still finished ahead of quite a few in the actual 10km race
Second thing was, at registration, a lady said to me ‘it’s wonderful to see people your age still doing this’ that is straight up what she said.
Oh third thing. Bought a Coke and a slice of ginger cake from the van afterwards, £8.70, I shit you not!
Cheers buddy. Just back from LO’s piano concert at church. Talking to a sporty Dad there afterwards. I said that even though it’s my achillies that’s tight, it’s the bottom of my heel that hurts the most.
He reckons the tendons run under the heel but I have no idea if that’s true?
Its either I’m a bit slow and its easy, or a bit faster and its not quite as easy.
Anymore than that and I’m dead
I ran 36:34 seven years ago at another local 10km (similar course)
I just got old and diseased, looked back at my palmares and realised I’d missed all of my goals. My run PBs read like a list of what could’ve been So I just gave up, as that’s easier than the alternative.
Of course (well not quite), bizarrely, twice in the past, the Run Through marathons I’ve done in winter at Goodwood were on the same day as LO’s winter concert (same church).
Both times I had to go straight from the race to the church to make it. Nothing that a pair of jeans, a sloppy joe and some wet wipes and deodorant couldn’t fix.
Have done this race for over 20 years, although not since 2017.
Awful swim - 33m pool. Off too fast. Messed up the tumble under the top after 2 lengths and then couldn’t breathe for the rest of the swim - 6:59
Socks on as feet not ready for nothing these days.
Bike was out and back, twice. Just hoovered up everyone and it felt a bit unfair being on the Cadex - 35:59 and fastest split by about 90 seconds.
Three lap run on the dry grass. Just got faster on each lap. Got passed by the guy who was 30s ahead at the swim start, so just tried to keep the gap less than 30s - 22:41 (7:24 / 7:08 / 6:50)
Thought I might nab first 50+ but sneaked into 2nd overall. Think I’ve been 2nd about 6 times in total, in fact 17 years ago to the day I was second
oops!
