Port sunlight 5k.
Well to be honest, I wasn’t feeling this race from the
minute I woke up, those who know me we know I had a bit of a rough week so at
that moment in time all I wanted to do was turn over and sleep! However I eventually
got out of bed and cross a thing of my bucket list… to drive through the
tunnel.. Random I know… but Yay all the same…. I might post the full bucket
list at some point…
Anyway, the weather was downright awful with heavy rain and strong winds. The surface
was slippery in places with puddles and fallen petals/leaves. The rain stopped briefly as we set off but
ended up soaked despite my lovely ‘waterproof’ running coat. Which was a mistake to wear as I ended up very
very hot… will have to rethink before my next rainy run!
I also didn’t carry any water with me on this one and half
way through regretted this decision. According to my nike app I did the first
2k at 5.3min /km pace… which probably knackered me and the rest of the run was
at 6.3 – 7.3 pace.. admittently walking in places.. I really need some help
with my pacing.. Running club here I come! overall i did this in 34:16, 16 seconds slower than PB but sometime its not all about the time!
Port sunlight it self seems a lovely place, and if it wasn’t
for the weather I would have loved to have stayed and explore a little bit, but
unfortunately it was a dash home for some dry clothes… pre event there was lots of publicity about
how bad the parking was.. I got their earily by the fact the car park was
empty! Although walking back I bumped into every 10k’s who were running to the
start as they had had difficulty!
Also bumped into a very nice lady (sorry I didn’t get your
name, blue hoodie with pink top) and her mum who were lovely and took pre and
post piccys with me and who I ran with for the first 1k or so.. until I found
out I was a lot slower than her pace! Anyway
I was nice to meet you guys!
As usual it was all for Childflight so please continue to
donate if you can, every penny goes a
long way in supporting this charity and making children’s dreams come true J
oh and on a side note, isnt this yarn bombing cool!?, its like my to worlds combined!!
