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10th May 2009
Location: Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield
Time: 39m 11s
Overall Rank: 5/126
Event Information:
Course: Off road with
some steep hills
Weather:
Warm, dry
 RUN
00:39:11│6.21 miles│06:07min/mile
Comments:
I started at the front and deliberately set off fast. After the first
km I realised that I was about 8th and I did worry a little that I might
have set off a bit fast and was just waiting for loads of people to pass
me (I finished ~90th in my last 10K).
I felt fairly comfortable though so just kept plodding away. I tried
staying on the heels of a guy in front of me but he pulled away after
about 3km so I just settled into my own pace.
At the half way mark I was in 6th position and catching the guy in front
of me who had pulled away earlier. On one of the big hills in the last 4km
I pushed hard and pulled away from him a little and then gradually
increased this advantage to the end. 4th place finished some way in front
of me so there was never a chance to catch him.
It's strange how I felt very tired before this race and had done nearly 20
hours of training during the week and had the best race of my season (so
far) yet last weekend I was rested, felt good but had the worst race of my
season...
Event Comments:
Nice friendly atmosphere and lot of marshals to point the way. An
interesting course through the park with some nice hills thrown in.
Results were not available for weeks though.
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