Last Sunday (15 February) was my first official 'event' of the year, the Kirkintilloch 12.5k, the twist is there's a hill in every kilometre!
Was hoping for a sub 01:10:00 finish and was delighted to complete in 01:04:43, coming 176th out of 267
Most pleasing thing for me though was that I controlled how I ran from start to finish, never got caught up in the adrenalin fuelled crazy start as I have in the past. I was comfortable all the way around and knew when I had to up it a bit to stay within my race plan and also when I could relax a bit on some of the hills.
Have take the decision not to run at the Inverness half marathon on Sunday 8 March, mainly because the Scottish Cup Dundee United v Celtic match has been scheduled for the same day! So I've figured out that I can do a long run in the morning here in Perth and then head to Dundee for the game..."we don't need no steenkin' badges!"
A race that's been added in...Devil O the Highlands footrace 42 miles from Tyndrum to Fort William, this means that (although in 2 separate stages) I will be running the full West Highland Way this year.
Also...Ash Wednesday tomorrow, the beginning of Lent. Goodbye red wine, goodbye lager, goodbye beer, see ya on Easter Sunday!
Well done John - sounds like your training is going well. Will be great to have run the whole WHW in the one year - I would imagine even more so now that you have a bit of history with the route. Still hoping that you'll come out with us at some point - the stories of the boot camp training regime are all lies, you should know - you've been with us before :) Cheers
ReplyDeletePS Keep the blog updated - I enjoy reading about your progress.
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