The next race was another in the Black Sheep Series, 10k at Kirkby Malzeard, mainly road, undulating with a grass finish.
Time 57 min 44 sec, WAHAY I did it, 10k in under an hour.
One Thursday night we travelled to Richmond for another league race. Multi terrain, Undulating, 5.6 miles with the biggest , steepest hill I had ever tackled, as i approached it i could see better runners than me bent almost double walking up it so i judged that it was ok to walk it.
Time 53min 59 sec.
Staveley Stampede, 10 miles multi terrain, undulating. This one was hot and I went off too fast and struggled from the start.
Time 1 hour 46 min 7 sec
A nice mid-week 5k, the Race for Life at Harrogate, on the Yorkshire Show ground. A charity race for Cancer. It was warm, busy, mixed terrain & undulating.
Time 27 min 18 sec
Rainton 10k, Black Sheep Series again, warm, undulating, multi terrain.
Time 58 min 51 sec.
4th July, The Burn Valley half marathon, what a toughy. middle of the day start on a Sunday in the Yorkshire Dales, beautiful views and some serious hills. I set myself a target of running the first 3 miles to the first steep hill and from then on walk the steep hills and run the downs and flats. this was a hard race.
Time 2 hours 20 min 20 sec.
The Great North 10k in Sunderland was a nice one, A there and back race I remember running over the bridge once but on the telly it shows that the race went over the bridge twice, I must have been totally focused, lol, as I can only remember it once.
Time 57min 42 sec.
The League races finished at Ripon with a 5 mile handicap race, all your points from the previous races were added up and runners are set off slowest firs fastest last, with an aim of everyone finishing within 5 mins. It was awful, all the way I was listening for it, about half a mile before the finish when there was a thundering of feet as the fast runners caught up and passed me, I found it quite scary and intimidating. Next time i will marshal.
Time 57min 42 sec.
Burton Leonard, the village where I did most of my growing up was the next 10k in the Black Sheep Series, multi terrain, undulating, on tracks i remember as exhausting to walk up as a child. A 2 pm start on a summer day meant it was pretty warm. When I finished I was pleased to hear and see my Mum and nephew cheering me in. When I had got my t-shirt and a drink I went over to her, and she said "oh, I thought you weren't doing it, its taken you so long." Cheeky. most other runners were about 5 mins slower than there pb's so I was`happy with my time.
Time 1 hour 3 min 1 sec.
I woke up feeling sick the morning of the Harrogate 10k, a road race of 2 undulating laps. I struggled to eat a banana and couldn't face porridge. I honestly thought i was going to throw up in the car on the journey there.
I set off ad just thought that if i could do the first lap without being lapped, then I could walk if I needed as long as my running partner was in view.
Time 59 min 49 sec.
Darlington 10k seemed the ideal race for a pb, road, flattish, 2 laps. Unfortunately I was struggling within the first 2 miles, I couldn't get my breath. ( I had had asthma, but I hadn't used an inhaler in nearly a year and it was classified as dormant.) but it felt like it was back. For the first time ever I was considering dropping out, but then about 50 yards from the start of the 2nd lap I was lapped, I couldn't drop out now, people would think that it was because i had got lapped, so I struggled on, when I walked other competitors said, "Come on Ripon" it kept me going. After i had finally dragged myself across the finish line, a man approached my friends and I. His attention had been drawn by my tattooed legs but realised that i was wearing Brooks trainers and that so were my 3 friends, he worked for Brooks and wanted a photo of us. so we had our pis taken.
Time 1 hour 3 min 1 sec, same as Burton Leonard.
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