Last weekend was a busy weekend, to really test myself, if I could get through this and not get injured then I must be in good shape, I have been able to run 50 miles a week for a few weeks so this would be a good time to race hard and have an easy week after. Well I got through it and I am not injured.
I am very pleased with my start to the year and I have got 4 more races to do before London.
Friday 24 February 2017 – Doncaster Athletic Club night out
Great night, great company, wonderful food (and drink). Thanks to Dawn for organising! We look a bit different out of our running kit and I apologise to my hero Vicky Chapman for introducing her as Liz Chapman.
Saturday 25 February 2017 – National Cross Country Championships
I was team manager for Doncaster Athletic Club so I had a very long day leaving Doncaster at 8am and getting home at 6pm. All our athletes had brilliant runs on a fun and challenging course. Its a great experience to run in a cross country that feels like the London Marathon, around 2000 runners took part in my race which was the last event of the day.
My own race was 12km, I went through 10km in 39:59. The race was very muddy in areas and we were laughing at the state of the junior runners. I got just as muddy as them in my race.
Senior Men – 388th Lee Milburn 47:39, 567th Martin James 49:58, 996th Peter Badger 55:10.
Senior Women – 200th Nicola Devine 36:04, 427th Shaz Wood 41:03, 470th Rose James 41:53, 479th Karen Lynch 42:12, 698th Sharon Maughan 49:16. The ladies team finished in 57th place.
U13 Boys – 276th Henry Cullen 14:48, 292nd Edward Phillips 14:54, 374th Ben Metcalfe 15:34.
Junior Men – 90th Rhys Gibson 36:44, 98th George Phillips 37:04.
U17 Men – 167th Nishan Singh 23:43.
U17 Women – 61st Molly Butterworth 21:25, 136 Lisa Fouweather 22:53.
After the Cross Country race we had a McDonalds and dropped the kids off at my mums. After some recovery wine and some Startrek off to bed.
Up again on Sunday 26 February 2017 for the Snake Lane 10 road race. Doncaster AC
had about 16 runners taking part in this one.
I was tired before I got out of the car and had some chocolate cake and coffee to wake me up. I jogged to the start and did some steady strides. It has always been windy at this race for me, always a head wind in the second half.
I thought I might have a chance to run a PB but the second half was tough with the wind. I should have broke the hour but will settle with 60:07. I knew I had to run fast in the first half to try to use the wind to my advantage.
Some easy listening drum and bass