Well, almost, and a victory to me. 10th place in the clogherhead 10k on Sunday was a great result for me. It was a tough course and the weather wasn't great. Standing at the start, I could see a few familiar faces from the 5k race in Drogheda the previous week. Just before the start, a huge downpour associated with a large cloud and strong wind blew into our faces. This was going to be tough going. The rain eased up after the first mile andthings improved. The course was quite hilly, which suited me somewhat, as my training runs are on quite hilly courses. On the Tuesday night, I had done my first speedwork session with the club, coached by Gary O'Hanlon. It was a tough session, and the legs were quite sore the next morning.
Wednesday was a 5 mile ecovery run, 6 easy miles with the club again on Thursday, and much to the wifes surprise, no run on friday. Three easy miles on Saturday had me in good shape for Sundays run. In the last surge of 1k, I passed 3 other runners who I had been trailing, but keeping just close enough, to finish 10th overall in a time of 39.32. Not a PB, but then it was never going to be on that course.
Training with Gary again tomorrow night, can't believe I can say that, and asses the legs on Wednesday for a 5k local race which will be hotly contested by some very fast runners. If the legs feel good, I would love to try for a PB as the course is quite fast. Here's hoping.
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