The Rushcliffe 10K is a well attended event with over 700 runners this year.
A mostly flat course around Rushcliffe country park, although there is one stretch which only slightly pulls upwards but goes on for what seems ages...
It was a chilly and breezy morning in the exposed country park, luckily it was close to home so I could time my arrival to not be hanging about too much.
The gun went and I was off, far too quickly, first kilometer covered in about 4:50, too much for me to maintain. K's 2 and 3 were spent settling myself in and climbing that slope. Certainly by kilometer 5 I was sorted and in my rhythm.
At no point in this run did I feel good, don't suppose a Chinese takeaway and 2/3rds of a bottle of wine were good preparation..... By kilometer 9 I was really feeling it, but hitting that final K always lifts me, and once Strava had told me I was over 6 miles and I swung round to see the finish line I almost broke into a sprint, almost.
Another well organised event, heavy on freebies at the end which is nice, but I'd rather they gave it to their nominated charities, a cheap medal is all that's required in my opinion.
So the outcome on this event which saw me cover 10k 10 seconds slower than last month is that I really ought to prepare for these runs and really should start following some sort of training programme for that Marathon later this year.
