Woke up not feeling great, but not too bothered as I had already decided I was not going to push myself today – knocked back a couple of paracetamol pills after breakfast. This was either my 5th or 6th consecutive race at the Ferriby 10 mile road race and it was to be Rose’s first 10 mile race.
Tony O’Connor was kind enough to give us a lift and we arrived with plenty of time to prepare and warm up.
- 2.48 mile warm up @ 8:37 min miles
- 10 mile race @ 6:56 min miles (69:20) AvHR 155 immediately followed by:
- 3.22 miles @ 7:50 min miles AvHR 135
- 0.54 miles to warm down
So, the total distance for today was 16.24 miles and my scheduled long run was 16 miles in 2 hours.
I have never competed in a race before where I was not pushing myself as hard as I could but I was determined to not run above my Lactate Threshold heart rate, and I have to say it was not easy to hold myself back but it did give me the opportunity to “enjoy” the race. It was windy, with the wind blowing into our faces for the first half.
Carl Ryde won the race and Jayne Baldwin was the 3rd lady to finish. Rose James finished in 1:27:31 which is fantastic.
Its the Dewsbury 10k next week where I hope to run a good time.