This week I experienced the roller coaster life of a runner this week with both reaching a high and low point.
On Friday I won the Lord Mayors Mile race between only club members and guest from Burnham Joggers and was handed a trophy plus a bottle of wine.
On Saturday only a matter of 14 hours later I dropped out after 2k or a 5k ParkRun due to overkill and breathing issues.
However on Sunday I bounced back and ran 10k along the Thames in Central London with my mate Dan who I've known a few years and kept each other up to date with training schedules.
Run 1
Tuesday 18th was a nice 15km club social jog across the Burnham Beeches and I used this to get to know my new trainers a lot better with both tarmac and woodland terrain to contend with.
Total distance ran 15k. Time 1:07:13. Average pace 4'28''/km
Run 2
This was the Burnham Joggers Annual Lord Mayors Mile on Friday 21st with a BBQ at the finish to celebrate.
Having never ran a mile race before I didn't know what to expect. Chris Rose, Marc Grover, Liz Bennett, Jenny Zaremba, Mick Driver, Martine Thompson, John Irwin, Lee Norcott and many more were there as well running. Thank you to Phil Bickley, Patricia Keene, Nick Cole and a few others as well were there to ensure gates were open, correct times were taken and the BBQ was a hit.
I got my number from the finish line and made it to the start with about 6/7 mins to go. There was a lot of expectation on me to do well and it was nice to go into a race as a favourite.
From the 3,2,1 I pushed off in front and stayed there right through to the end. It was a 1st place finish for me and another Club Championship race completed with 1 point.
Total distance ran 1Mile. Time 5:10
Run 3
Saturday I joined a few others at Black Park for what should have been a basic 5k race. Marc Grover gave me a lift and I had a nice warm up but the evening before must have taken it out of me because after leading the race for the 1st km and lagging in 6th place towards the 2nd km I had issues breathing and decided rather than do myself an injury I dropped out.
I was a bit bummed out by it but the lesson learnt is not to do so much or if I do want to run so soon I should start off at a slower pace and speed up if able to.
Well done to Marc and his wife who both ran as well as a few others from the club.
Run 4
After not completing the race yesterday I was glad of getting a decent run out and this time with my mate Dan Hodson-Walker who I have known a few years after meeting at the Great North Run.
We started at the London Eye and ran towards Battersea Park. Did almost a full circle of the outter section and finished the remaining 2k of the 10k jog on the North bank side.
Total distance ran 10km. Time 50:12. Average pace 5.01''/km
NIKE APP RESULTS
My nike+ app now shows I have completed 99k in June.
FUTURE RACES
Maidenhead 5k on 26th June
Handy Cross 5k on 9th July
British 10k on 14th July - My race number is 20667
Datchet Dashers 5k on 16th July
Datchet Dash 10k 20th July
Wooburn Park 10k on 8th Sept
MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS BLOG
Remember I am doing this blog to raise awareness and money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and have set up and fundraising page on the virgin money giving site.
Jo's grandad was a hugely popular figure in the local community hence why I am pleased a lot of the running is taking place in areas he knew well.
For anyone wishing to donate please go to the donation page below.
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