Okay so it’s been a week since I raced the Lincoln 10k and coming away with a new Pb, this race is always a great one to do, the atmosphere and for me it does hold some great memories, when I use to race for the Lincoln club I use to train on this course a lot over the winter, and it was my 5th time running this event.
Anna and were both racing the event this year, Anna’s first time running it.
After completing a good warm up and seeing some familiar faces, I got myself into the starting position and we were soon off, I set out with intent, and got myself into the pace I wanted to which was around 5:45 pace, I settled and got into a good rhythm, ticking off miles 1and 2, the crowds where amazing and seeing my coach around 2.5 mile mark gave me a boost. There is a very slight incline headed back towards the start line but nothing major, the pace was start to pinch around mile 4 but was digging deep and kept pushing through, but hitting around mile 5 and a bit I got a horrible stitch down my right hand side which slowed me down from 5:50 to 6:20 but I just ran as hard as I could through to the line and came home in 36:51, a 2sec Pb happy with that and I know that come the summer I’ll have another crack at that time.
Walking round the Cathedral square see ppl finishing and some of my club mates, sharing race stories and congratulating ppl is always a nice part of finishing a race. Anna finished sub 50 minutes which is amazing, so proud of her xxxx
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