Wesham 10k

[Reggit]

What a beautiful day and perfect running weather. Sorry no photos, didn’t think…

This is a fairly flat course, they call it ‘undulating’, with the conditions is it the run to break the hour 10k that’s eluded me forever? Not sure as I’ve done a couple of hard runs in the last couple of days - one a practice for a run I’ve got coming up in a couple of weeks around the local fell (on tarmac) which has 250m of elevation gain in the first 6k (11ish total distance), then a running friend wanted to do a sub 30 5k on Friday - that seemed hard, we did it in 29’16”

Anyways not thoroughly rested - it’s time for this run. Decided to run with a 60 minute pacer for most of the race, surprised myself, it felt easier than most 10’s I’ve run - ahh, so this is the way of not going too fast at the beginning then burning out!

left the pacer at 9.5km to shave a few more seconds off what was undoubtedly going to be a PB.

Strava gave me the 10k at 58’59” (previous PB was 61’09”) so to say I’m chuffed is an understatement. Not got chip time yet. Watch clocked run time at 59’39” over 10.11km.

woo-hoo but I think this one will hang around quite a while before I beat it again.

strava.app.link/PaNpYa160Eb

Edit: chip time was 59’25”

[aliboo70 Half Marathon]

That's brilliant 👏 Congratulations!!! 😁

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

That’s a fabulous result Reggit. Really well done! 👏👏

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Yay you did it ! 👏👏👏👏Brilliant Reggit.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Woo-hoo indeed! What a fantastic run. I find pacers are really, really helpful in trying to hit a target; my fastest parkrun times have always been on days when there are pacers. But at the end of the day, it was you that ran that race. Massive congratulations 👏👏👏

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

Well done 👏👍

The pacers are really helpful. I always think it’s such a talent to be able to run at a consistent pace. Mine is usually all over the place!

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Fantastic, great run 🥳🥳🥳

[over61andstilltrying 10 Miles]

Many congratulations, brilliant! And just think what you could do if your previous week hadn't included hard running!

[misswobble Marathon]

well done! 👏 Congratulations 🥳

Sometimes things just go right! 😀🌪💥🔥🏃‍♂️🏅

Here’s to the next time 🍻

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Fantastic, congratulations on breaking the 10k in one hour, awesome pace

[Week7 Half Marathon]

Congratulations!!! That elusive sub 60- still eluding me but huge congratulations to you!!!!!

[Reggit Marathon in reply to Week7]

I’m sure you’ll get there if you want to.

I’d found I’d been knocking a few minutes off the 10k over the last couple of years but getting it under an hour was hard work - usually set off too quickly…. The pacers worked really well to be fair and I found I could chat to him a lot of the way round.

If I don’t kill myself attempting a FM(Manchester in April) I’ll be looking at trying to get 10k comfortably under 59 minutes later next year.

[Week7 Half Marathon in reply to Reggit]

Good luck!!