GB Qualification

This weekend has been fabulous !

Yesterday I received notification that I'd been selected for GB to take part in the European Long Distance Duathlon champs in Horst, Holland on 12 April next year.

The distances are 15k run / 60k bike / 7.5k run and I'm delighted to have got in. There's going to be some really hard training going on between now and April....

Winter Parkruns

20.12.14 Lincoln 22.15

Not the massive effort of last week but a comfortable 70% effort in preparation for the days drinking marathon that was to start at 12.

Nice sunny winters day and level pacing of 7.05/7.09/7.08.

14.12.14 Lincoln 21.05

This was a showdown with another UKNetrunner and concluded the match up that we had throughout the year.

Boultham Park was frosted over and it was very cold in fact slippery in places. We both went off hard and my rival established an early lead, even though I posted a 6.42 first lap. On the 2nd lap, I had knocked that gap down to c.10 secs, but only made up a further 3 secs on the final lap.

21.05 Overall, and the 2nd fastest 5k of my life !

Stockport 10 2014

It's the Stockie 10, brought to you from the Woodbank Stadium , home of the world famous Stockport Harriers !

Or, thats what club commentator 'Tom Potson' would have you believe !

It's a very long drive from Lincoln to Stockport, however, it is worth it for a cracking event, from the pre match prep, and then right through to the marvellous goody bag at the finish.

In true Stockport tradition, the weather was miserable, and we got wet waiting for the start, but soon after we were away ! The race can be summed up in 3 parts :

Part One - Miles 1 - 3, ran well, miled at 7.17, 7.20 and then 7.47 as stitch started to kick in
Part Two - Miles 4 - 7 , got really bad stitch, ran slower, stopped , walked, ran slower, walked, eventually got going again, but it wasn't pretty and the overall race had to be written off.
Part Three - Miles 8-10 - Got going again and had some argy with another competitor who decided to race me for the last two miles home - that worked for mile 9, but for the last mile I kicked for a fast last one and didn't see him again.

Overall, happy with 5 of the 10 miles, but not disappointed, as even stitch could not dampen such a great event !