Croydon 10K complete!

[David_G]

Hi lovely running friends, I ran the Croydon 10K in 1:02:39 earlier, according to the official timing. That’s a PR for me so very please with that 😀👍

I took it slowly and carefully over the first 1.5K as it was all uphill and we were running on the pavement next to a fairly busy road.

The next 1K was on a road that had been closed so we had a bit more room to spread out 🙂

After that, the next 2K was downhill then flat so it was quite a nice section 🏃‍♂️

After that it was a mixture of uphill and downhill for about the next 4K or so 😳 so needed to pace myself, which I seemed to manage OK 👌

The final section was vaguely uphill towards the finishing straight. 🙂 It was great to see the finishing line ahead so I tried to speed up a little bit and cheered myself over the line 😀👍

Thanks everyone for getting me this far. I couldn’t have done this without you all!❤️💕

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Woohoo David, that’s fabulous news! Very well done, and a great time too! How exciting - sounds like you nailed the uphill sections too. 👏👏👏👏👏

[David_G in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thanks Cheepychipmunks! I was very pleased with my time and performance overall 🏃‍♂️😀👍

[Razouski]

Brilliant 😀

[Sadie-runs Graduate10]

Congratulations David, that sounds like a race well ran! Uphill bits too 😱. Great time, and love that you cheered yourself over the finish line! Sounds like a rather challenging course, but look at your time! A testament to the hard work you have put in, so well done! x

[David_G in reply to Sadie-runs]

Thanks Sadie-runs 🙂 I couldn’t contain myself at the finish 😊 but it was a PB and I enjoyed it all so why shouldn’t I celebrate? 😀 Everyone around the route was so supportive which makes a big difference to running on your own. Thank you Croydon, the organisers and London Tramlink for making it a special day for everyone! 😀👏👏👏

[SaskAlliecat Graduate10]

Whoohoo! Well done David!

[Walshy3 Graduate10]

That’s a fantastic time very well don

[David_G in reply to Walshy3]

Thanks Walshy3, I surprised myself (in a good way)?with my result! 😳😀👍

[Walshy3 Graduate10 in reply to David_G]

Great stuff 👍👍👍👍

[Saartjie Graduate10]

Well done David! All your hard work and training has paid off...a brilliant time. Sounds like a race well run! Congratulations 🙌🏼🏃‍♂️🏅🎉

[David_G in reply to Saartjie]

Thanks Saartjie 😀👍

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Whoop whoop . Well done David-G, and what a great time, especially with hills involved. You had a great day for it but I hope you had some shade too.

🏃‍♂️👏👏🏅🍾🥂🍂🍁

[Lorijay Graduate10]

Huge congratulations David, well done!! Brilliant time too. So pleased you enjoyed the run and managed the hills with finesse. Well deserved celebration

[Empem Graduate10]

Congratulations.A whopping ahievement and fast too!

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Well done Dave, that's a very good time for an undulating course.👍🙂 So many of us ran today...no doubt we'll all be googling for the next one, now!🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻🙂

[David_G in reply to Sandraj39]

Thanks Sandra, I’ve got the London Winter 10K ☃️❄️in February on the calendar already, but I’ll need to find some more. 🙂After today’s performance I may well sign up for the Croydon half marathon in March as a longer term goal. 😳🙂🏃‍♂️

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Sounds good. I have a10k in November and and then looking to do my second half marathon in early spring...either the Surrey Half or possibly one a little sooner.🙂

[Agelesslass Graduate10]

So well done David, it’s such a great feeling when you achieve 10k, amazing time too.

[David_G in reply to Agelesslass]

Thanks Agelesslass, it was a tough course with lots of uphill and downhill stretches! 😳 I’d run most of the route beforehand which helped a lot.😊

The marshals were great and there were people cheering us on from time to time which was a great help! 😀👍

My medal is now taking pride of place at home 🏅🏃‍♂️

[Hidden]

Fantastic David. Sounds like a bumpy up and down course. How nasty to finish with an uphill. You did a great time. Well done.

[David_G in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Paulanoo, the uphill sections at the start and finish were definitely a challenge 😳

I was very pleased with my time and I came 10th in my age group which amazed me. 👍Mind you, I don’t know how many people were in my age group! 😂

I’m going to look for my next challenge today 🙂

[Hidden in reply to David_G]

David, you've inspired me to add a hilly route to my weekly runs. Argh!

[David_G in reply to Hidden]

Well done you! Sooner or later we all have to run uphill. 😳

My advice is just to take it slowly and steadily and not look all the time at the top of the hill. Just concentrate on putting one foot in front of the other and you’ll get there! Good luck with it all 😀👍

[Hidden in reply to David_G]

And then there's a downhill.....

[David_G in reply to Hidden]

Yes, that’s the best bit of running uphill! 😀😂

[GoGo_JoJo Graduate10]

Brilliant!! Well done to you👏👏🏅🌟🌟🌟