Slough New Year 10K - Smashed it!

[JaoJao]

A fabulous morning spent at the Slough New Year 10k event this morning! It was 1’c, cold and frosty when we arrived just like the weather man predicted but that didn’t stop us... we were super pumped and raring to go! It was super special to share race day vibes and joys with linda9389 , we’ve done 2 races together now and will be making it a hat trick on 9th Feb for London Winter Run!

Despite our nervousness about the lack of information before the event about the course we were pleasantly surprised at how organised it was! This event was organised by Nice Work.

This was my first 10K race and it went better than I expected. I’ve been averaging 01:18-01:24 in my solo runs but this morning I totally smashed it with an official chip time of 01:12:56.

The results also show a gun time which I am simply going to ignore!

@linda9389 enjoyed a PB too! So plenty of post run celebrations, thank you for my portion of chips and tea! Xx

All in all, a wonderful morning, hopefully future races won’t start as cold as this morning.

We’re even thinking of doing the same next year! A great start to the new year!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

I love that photo. Blue sky, happy faces and shiny bling, what's not to like. For your first 10k race, you tackled it like a pro and absolutely smashed it. A great PB! A great start to your 2020 running year, who knows where it might end ...

[JaoJao in reply to linda9389]

Thank you for being there, it's really very lovely to have someone to enjoy the event with and you always make an effort to catch me at the finish line whether it's a parkrun or a race, I appreciate it so much. Who knows where this year will end, exactly... but if you have anything to do with it, i'll be on the path to a HM!!! Watch this space x

I hope this year is a good running year for you, injury free and PBs in abundance!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to JaoJao]

Hear! Hear! Oops, I forgot the finish line photos!

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Congratulations on completing your first 10K race in 01.12.56, ignore gun time, chip time is the time you should go by, running with others you usually get a faster time than running on your own, I knocked off as much as 3 minutes when I ran my first full 5k Parkrun than 9 days earlier when I ran the exact same route on my own, now go and celebrate 🎉.

[JaoJao in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you AlMorr.You are right, running with others is a massive game changer.

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

Well done JaoJao - sounds as though you really enjoyed the day! Amazing how all that pre-race adrenaline can send us flying - PBS's for both you and our lovely Linda! Great stuff!🙂

[JaoJao in reply to Sandraj39]

Thank you Sandra, we've been flying high all day!

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Awesomeness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JaoJao in reply to roseabi]

Thank you so much! We are so elated!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to JaoJao]

As you should be 😍😍😍

[Run46 Half Marathon]

Great job ladies...and well done JaoJao on completing your 1st race and on such fine form too 🏃‍♀️🏅🎉

[JaoJao in reply to Run46]

Thank you Run46 Let's hope I can keep up the good work in the next event.

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

Fabulous news. I've been waiting for this post and I'm so pleased for you both. Well done. 👍🏃‍♀️🎉🥂 xx

[JaoJao in reply to Cantstopmenow]

Thank you CSMN, you all have been so suportive the last week with the run up to the event, like having your very own cheer leading squad, hang on, that's exactly what it is. Hope you will share your future races with us so we can do the same for you too x

[Deals1 Metric Marathon]

Yeahhhh. Fabulous 👌!!!! 👍👍. 🥉

[JaoJao in reply to Deals1]

Cheers Deals!

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

Fantastic pic, lovely ladies and superb results! Well done both of you 👍🏻💪🏻😁

[JaoJao]

Ah thank you GGJJ, feeling pretty good!

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Well Done to you both. A lovely day for a race and I bet you didn’t think it was cold once you got running. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️👏👏

[JaoJao in reply to Dexy5]

You are right! We were pretty well prepared for it. We didn’t feel it before the race but definitely felt it after the race maybe because we were still in our sweaty gear whilst having our tea/coffee.

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

How fab! Great work you two and what great bling 🙂

[JaoJao in reply to Irishprincess]

Thank you IP 🙏

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Absolutely brilliant JaoJao and linda9389 ! What a fantastic photo, and you really did have the perfect day for it didn’t you? ☀️🏃‍♀️❤️ I’m so happy for you both, and what fantastic times! 👏👏👏👏

[JaoJao in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Thank you cheekychipmunks, to be fair it could have been a lot colder hey so we lucked out with the favourable conditions.

We’re becoming quite the duo, we’re looking at volunteering at one of the big London events just to get a different experience of a race event

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to JaoJao]

You’re not thinking of volunteering at the London Vitality 10,000 in May are you? There’s quite a posse of HUers running it, including me! 😀

[JaoJao in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Ohhh that might be another one but we were thinking LLHM

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to JaoJao]

That might be a good one for you to enter too. I seem to remember the t-shirt last year looked amazing!

[Beccym Marathon]

nice bling

[JaoJao in reply to Beccym]

Thank you B

[Hidden]

Well done both of you, that’s great and what a lovely photo. Looks like it was the perfect weather as well.

Have you both been sticking to 3 runs a week or is it just me who has been slacking for the past month?

[JaoJao in reply to Hidden]

Hi Rainbow, thank you.

For me I’ve been doing 3 runs a week but I did have a 2 week holiday in November when I was away and over the Christmas holiday I dipped to 2 runs a week. Also, I try to do a 10K every other week rather than every week.

[JaoJao in reply to Hidden]

Do you have any events coming up you can get motivated for?

[Hidden in reply to JaoJao]

No I don’t have anything planned until a 15k at Dorney Lake on 5 Sept then the GSR in Oct.

I think I will go back to the last week of the magic plan and then build the long run possibly every other week.

I did 7k on Wednesday with some hill work which I haven’t done before so it was nice to be able to go further from home. There was intermittent walking but I was quite relaxed about it so it was a nice run.

I did sign up for the Winchester 10k at the end of February but it’s just too hilly so I am going to Marshall. I may try out sections of it just in case a miracle happens and I’m suddenly Wonder Woman!! 😂

[Hidden in reply to JaoJao]

Looking back at this post I remembered I have 10k at the end of May!!! I’m going to RunFestRun in Windsor Great Park so I imagine it will be quite hilly so that is something to train for.

[Mummycav]

fantastic, well done JaoJao and linda9389 i am always envious of meet ups and it looks like you’ve had a fab time...nice bling and a lovely day for it ....cracking x

[JaoJao in reply to Mummycav]

Thank you mummycav, hopefully you can have a meet-up soon too ❤️

[Bluebirdrunner]

Congratulations on your first fab 10k race Jao Jao and for smashing that PB.

Sounds like you really enjoyed it, having someone to share it with must make such a difference too. Like teamwork! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Great photo and you must feel amazing now...rightly so!😊xxx

[JaoJao in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thanks BB... I’m definitely hungry for more 10Ks... it was a great experience and one I’ll remember for a long time.

I’m very sleepy now and will have an early night, all this excitement...

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

Brilliantly done you two!😊xxx

[JaoJao in reply to aliboo70]

Thank you 🙏 and you too! Yours sounded so fun!

[Stephen_UK Half Marathon]

Well done, JaoJao! Great photo, too.

[JaoJao in reply to Stephen_UK]

Thanks buddy 🙏

[Katnap Marathon]

Yay! You are awesome! Well done Jao Jao

🎉🐱 New Year's Katnap 🐱🎉

[JaoJao in reply to Katnap]

Thank you 🙏

[Granspeed]

So well done! 🎉👏🏼🎉 What a couple of stars. And a PB for you, JaoJao. Well deserving of that bling. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🎉🎉 You’ve set a great standard with your first 10k event. 👍

[JaoJao in reply to Granspeed]

Thank you 🙏

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Missed this... sorry! Fabulous run,, fabulous time and fabulous photo.... absolutely great!

[JaoJao in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you 🙏

[Windoze Half Marathon]

Great photo and massive congrats on your PBs 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️💪🎉🎉

[JaoJao in reply to Windoze]

Thank you 😊

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Massive congratulations on your first 10k race. Isn’t it amazing how the crowds can propel you along faster than you’d ever dreamt? Fab photo of you both and lovely bling 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💥🏅🥳

[JaoJao in reply to Sandie1961]

Thank you Sandie, crowds make a huge difference and I’ll never forget this first race ❤️ and definitely prepared for the next one

[Joster Half Marathon]

Fantastic work both of you! Great photo really sums it up. See you in London! xx

[SaskAlliecat Half Marathon]

Congrats on your first 10k race and smashing that PB!

[Macmac Marathon]

Well done JaoJao! Sounds like you both had a great day! Congratulations 🥳 👏👏

[JaoJao in reply to Macmac]

Thank you Macman it was super!