The intention this morning was just to do a steady run & see how things were with the sore hamstring & achilles. Conditions seemed to be OK, the overnight rain had stopped & the temperature was a mild 10 degrees (two years ago it had been minus 6 for this race), however there was quite a strong breeze blowing.
The strange thing about the wind today was that it seemed to be a headwind both on the way out & on the way back. I know that this is unlikely on this kind of course, but it certainly felt that way. I ran just marginally faster for the 2nd downhill 5k, finishing in about 39:30 (not seen the official results yet). That's almost 2 1/2 minutes slower than last year, but probably as good as I could have expected. It's my slowest 10k for 2 years.
Talking to other runners after the race, most seemed to find it quite hard in the wind & were a bit slower than they would have expected on a fast course. Sally M & Rob C had quite a close finish for the honour of being 1st Ilkley Harrier in the race, Sally just getting it on the line. I had a good view of their battle being about 15 seconds or so behind for virtually the whole 10k.
My leg has started to stiffen up after the race, but hopefully there's no damage done. I don't have any races planned now for 3 weeks.......then it's an indoor 1500m, so I'll have to try to find some speed from somewhere.
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