Didcot 5

[drl212]

On my way to this run. Fingers crossed that the you-know-what holds off. The weather that shall not be named.

I’m doing this as part of my 10K training. It’s been a week or so since my 9K run and thought this would be a good one in prep for my first 10K later this week!!

Slow and steady from the start…

[Yesletsgo Ambassador Graduate10]

Good luck, fingers crossed for you 😁

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Hope it goes well

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Hope it went well and you stayed dry!

[drl212 60minGraduate]

Thank you all very much for your cheers!!

It was a nice run by a really great organisation. Lots of marshalls directing and cheering you on. I will definitely come back.

I ran for the first 3.5 miles but did some walk/run intervals for the final 1.5. Should have started slower...(LOL)

I had my fastest 1 mile, though, which is nice.

No rain until the very end when it started spitting a bit. But it was cold and humid...

Didcot 5 Medal

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to drl212]

Well done to you... that is a lovely bit of bling! Need to work on those racing starts... try running a load of hill intervals for a while 🤣🏃‍♂️

Seriously, some pace work and using your watch too, to practice timings, could be useful. Early days yet and you are doing well, making progress and more importantly, having fun!

PLUS: You stayed dry!

[drl212 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Yes, its the starts...but you're right, its early days, fun, and I am making positive strides (forgive the pun).

[Freecloud Graduate10 in reply to drl212]

Congratulations! Well done indeed! It is always very hard to start slow in a race. I tend to try and start off near the back, but once you get caught up in the herd....

[drl212 60minGraduate in reply to Freecloud]

Yes, I should have gone further back…keep running, keep learning!

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

Congratulations! Isn’t it only the second or third time you’ve run 8k? Just concentrate on enjoying covering the distance (however that happens!), building up both your experience and your bling collection! We all have runs that don’t go to plan and we learn loads more from them than the ones that do! Not getting pulled along by a crowd of other runners and running your own race is one of the hardest things to master in my experience…and I’m still not there yet!

Maybe it’s helpful to keep the goal in mind-you’ve done this run as part of your 10k training, not to run your fastest time or run your best race. You’ve absolutely hit that goal! Coach B usually wants long runs done at an easy pace and walk/run is totally in that spirit.

Well done! Enjoy the medal!🏅

[drl212 60minGraduate in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Yes, I ran an 8K as part of the NRC training. Then a tempo run was 1.5K warm-up/cool-down with 5K tempo run in between.

Yes, you’re right. I did it and that’s what counts!

Thanks!!