my first 10

Hi Guys

Most of you already know that I am training to run the London marathon on the 26^th of April. For the past month I have been doing a number of 5km runs and feeling confident that I could take on the big 10km.

So this morning I entered the Tadworth 10 (http://www.tadworth.org.uk/Tadten.html). It was probably the coldest day I have experienced in the UK with our car measuring the temperature at -6.5 Deg C, but that was not going to stop me.

The race consisted of two laps of challenging hillside which almost broke me. I am used to running 5km in around 28minutes, but my first lap took 55minutes, I decided this was due to all the hills and sub zero temperature. I then, with a lot of pain and grimace, finished the second lap in a disappointing time of 1hour and 48 minutes.

But the story does not end there, on reflection of my poor time I realised that I had actually run 10 miles and not 10kms… yes I have taken a leap from running my usual 5kms to a whopping 17kms in a fairly respectable time. The lesson learned is when you run a race in the UK think in miles and not Kms!

Here are some pics from the run along with a pic of a 30cm icicle which formed outside our bedroom window (taken at about 14h00 this afternoon)

All the best

Lawrence

20090104 running the first 10