Last night I ran in the Land O'Burns 10k race. I was aiming for a PB of 45 mins as it was a fast course but that's before I turned up to a very wet and wind swept Ayr - Scottish summer at its best! I knew what I had to run each km in to beat my time and was looking to get under 45 so was shocked when my watch read 45.56.99 sec as I crossed the line. Confused, wet and miserable I left but once I got home and dried off I checked the data and according to my watch I had run 10.91km! That means I smashed my PB.
I checked with another couple of runners and one confirmed that according to his watch the course was 10.6 miles but that as there was an area of trees the reading might be slightly out.
The official times are not out yet but out of interest I may write to the organisers and ask what the actual distance was.
No matter what the result I gave it everything and considering I had to take the weekend off with a head cold I am pleased with the result, what ever it was! Now down to the final preparations for UK 70.3 IM on 19 June.
Thursday 26 May 2011
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