Having run 10K+ on a good number of training runs, yesterday I did my first "Official" 10K by running the Cardiff 10K. Really pleased with my performance as I kept a fairly steady pace throughout (at least according to my Strava analysis) and finished with a fairly respectable time of 1:06:46.
Now for Swansea 10K on 22 September!!
Well done WC8334! Great you have another lined up already - something tells me you’re enjoying running! 👍🏃🎉👏🏅👊
Definitely - am starting to think of a half next year sometime (possibly Newport in March)
Fantastic! 👏👏 I’m aiming for my first HM next spring too, most likely Bath. 😀
I did the Severn Bridge 10k a couple of weekends ago, so your neck of the woods. It was amazing - but very hot indeed. 🏃♀️🥵 😀
Very respectable time WC8334. Having got over the mental block around running with others by doing park runs, I am thinking about looking for a suitable local 10k. Maybe I need to work on the pace a bit first! Good luck in Swansea 👏👏👏👏😊
Thank you
Speaking as the speediest thing since sliced bread, Beachcomber66 , I don’t think pace will ever be your problem! 😅😅
Managing pace and distance is an issue though CC...I may need to saw 6 inches of the bottom of each leg 😊 to find a nice distance stride. I was overtaken by a thick sliced hovis only this morning!😂
Send those extra inches my way! I need all the help I can get! Are you a baguette then? I’d have thought a baguette would have been quicker than a Hovis! 😅😅😅
Too much of my 5' 10" is leg I think 😊
Not enough of my 5’3 is! 😩😩
Many congratulations to you and well done! Your first official 10K is rather special and one that you'll always remember. Nice photo too 🙂
Thank you
Well done on a great run🏃🏻🏅 - l still think 10k is my favourite distance to run! Great photo and good luck with your Swansea 10k too!👍🙂
Good for you running the Cardiff 10k you should be so proud . Nice tshirt and medal. Well done you 😊😊
Fantastic and congratulations. It is an amazing achievement and you should be so proud. Nice bling.
Damien
Wow, well done you. Brilliant time. Congratulations
Thanks
I couldn’t make Cardiff 10K this year, but I’m doing the Swansea 5 miles on Friday night
Good luck!
Thank you, are you doing the Cardiff 10K next year as well
Not sure yet but quite likely
Swansea 10K first though
Do you know by any chance if you book it and just end up ill on morning if your not going, if you have to pay twice?
Congratulations! Now to work up to a half marathon 🏃♀️🏃♀️👏
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One step at a time - couple more 10Ks first but maybe by March next year ...
Great job. I'm on week two of the plan, looking forward to following in your footsteps
Must be easy to find your shoes in the morning.
Well done.
Good to hear. Well done!
I did my first official 10K on Sunday at Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian, Scotland. It was an all women run.
I found it was very motivating running with others and I think went faster than when running on my own.
I have a 10 miles on 3rd November round Derwent Water in the Lake District as my next goal.
Well done to you too
You are definitely right about running with others - made a big difference to my time
Dalkeith park is a lovely spot for it, although it is a bit hilly in places. The appropriately named restoration yard is a great post run stop.
I do most of my parkruns at Vogrie park, just a few miles from there. Even when running in a crowd, there's something very relaxing about running through trees and countryside.
Great run, great Runner and nice part of the world - triple Congratulations 
Thank you
Congratulations WC8334...that's a very good time. 😊
Good luck in Swansea!
I will be doing my first 10k event later this month...looking forward to it now.😊xx
Well done. My first "official" one isn't until November, but I've done the distance at least 8 time on my weekly long runs. My best is 73 minutes, so well done on a good time too.
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