Lacock 10k, 2018

This was my first race for a little while, after coming down with a minor injury in my left side.  Somewhere around the gluteus medius and the piriformis, and probably caused by pounding all those roads in the build up to London.

So today was always going to be on the steady side.  The lovely Mrs S and I set off from home at a ridiculous hour this morning and got to the fabulous village of Lacock in good time.  Multiple races were goiung on; there was a 1k, 5k, 10k and half marathon, with multiple start waves per event.  The pre-race briefings were a bit laboured and tedious, but eventually it was time for the first 10k wave and off we set.

I had run an RR10 four days earlier at a 4:30 km pace.  My left hip was feeling OK to go a little quicker, and I glided up the field; this wasn't tempo, but it wasn't sedate either.  It was hard to judge relative position in the field as I kept encoutering waves from other races, and in a few places traffic became a bit of an issue, particularly on narrow sections where slower runners were wearing headphones.

It was 2 laps of a lovely course.  I felt OK and enjoyed not busting myself... but it was lovely to feel my lungs working properly on a run for the first time in weeeks on the uphill sections.  I finished in 42:21, which I flt was nearing the bounds of respectability.  Mrs S was pleased with her time too.

A positive morning outing.  Let's see what happens over the month of June... hoping to be fighting fit by July.