Plymouth 10k

I wasn't too sure about doing this one. Due to injuries, I had to go back to the beginning and walk run. After doing some thinking, I decided that I might as well do it. It was a free entry.

The plan was just to get around in one piece. I managed that. I was about 6 minutes off my PB and 1 minute off the time I set in 2011.

Getting there...slowly

I still doing a walk run programme. But I am slowly gaining my fitness back and really hope to be ready for the Plymouth 10k on November 3rd.

Almost able to run 5k now.

Getting somewhere, I think

Still having trouble with finding shoes that don't hurt when I run. It was suggested that I see a physio. I was given a number and went out on Thursday for a deep tissue massage. That was so painful!

Am waiting to see how beneficial this has been.

New shoes time

I have a few more miles left in my current shoes. Because it's the Plymouth 10k in, um, 8 weeks time, this is something I want to get sorted now. I don't want a repeat of last time where I'd realised my shoes were going during a run and I ended up with a really sore hip.

So, anyway, off I went to get some new shoes. I'd explained that I'd lost a toenail and was probably close to losing another, with my current shoes.

I'd tried on a few pairs of shoes and came home with a pair of Brooks Adrenaline GT13. (previous pair were Brooks Adrenaline GT 12) I went out for a run and it wasn't that nice. My knees were aching and they didn't feel right.

I gave them another go yesterday and had the same problem. After having enough, I took them back and now have a pair of Asics 1000.

I tried them this morning and the pain is even worse.

Treggy 7

The preparation for this race was awful. I seem to have lost my mojo and had only run just over 8 miles for the month of August.

I had 3 goals - PB over 7 miles, to finish and not to fall over. I completed all 3 targets without too much trouble. Despite wanting to vomit at some point.

Not a race I'd do in a hurry. But it was good. And I beat my club mate, which is always a bonus.

Tywardreath Trotter

Yesterday, saw me run the Tywardreath Trotter. This is a 7 mile multi terrain race based near St Austell.

I took my coach's advice of  starting off slowly and spent most of the race without seeing any runners at all.

We had to run near a river and run back the same way when we were coming back. Ran through that area with no problem, running back and fell over. I didn't want another DNF (did not finish) and didn't feel it was serious enough to pull out and thought it was just mud I had on my hands and knee.

Caught up with club mate; but got pipped near the end and just beaten by him.

Time (according to my watch) was 1:33:54. Not amazing; but it is the furthest distance I've run, ever.

I now have delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and a small bruise and cut on my knee where I fell over yesterday.

Next race is hopefully the Indian Queens Fun Run.

The British 10k

Warning - the following post is a rant.
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The organisation was awful. It took them until the 7th to tell us that some of us won;t be getting our race packs until late. Mine arrived on the Saturday before the race.

This meant I had to go and get a new number and pins.

The weather was awful - it was too hot to race. We were made to wait around for half an hour with no-one telling us what was going on or when we were going to start.

There were no toilet facilities and we weren't given any water before the race.

We received a medal; but no goody bag. We had to walk about a mile back to get our bag and medal. It was then another good mile before I could find a tube station.

Awful, awful race. I want to know what exactly my £50 went on.

Wouldn't recommend this one. Think I'll do the London 10,000 in May instead. Only £26, better organisation, a goody bag, toilets on route and we all knew roughly when we were going to start racing.