Tonight was my first 5km event and it took place in the dark! Very very good atmosphere and a very good event. I recommend it to everyone!
For the hour or so before the event there was music which was all halloween themed as well as refreshments. Your entry fee gets you your race number, chip timing, free skeleton t-shirt, headlamp and a mug at the finish line.
It was really good fun and everyone had a great time. There was a lot of chatter amongst the runners during the whole event and you don’t normally get that in the daylight races!
You can find more photos by clicking here.
I had my time at about 27 min and 13 secs according to my Garmin.
Well done to my wife for coming out and supporting me again. She’s a fantastic woman!
And my little boy was there too… way past his bed time!
garmin forerunner 405, halloween 5 nite run, race or event, race report
Taken me a while to post anything but here it is, last Sunday’s run! This time I went to the gym and left my change of clothes etc there and I ran from Sindlesham all the way to Wokingham and back. I thought it would be quite a long way to go but I found myself trying to make up the distance to make it as long as the run on the previous Sunday.
Again, my shins were bothering me for the first couple of miles but not as badly as before. I’m the sort that just kind of runs through it with the occasional stop to stretch everything out.
I didn’t do as many miles as last week but 13km (8.07 miles) is pretty good! My pace was a bit too fast at times and I need to keep an eye on that.
long run, marathon training, pains and niggles
Just a few pics from the game we went to on Sunday, 25 October 2009 at Wembley Stadium, London. The rest are on Flickr here.
non running
Nice title eh? I think one of the hardest things is trying to think of a damn title for each blog post. It can be a bit of a challenge!
The Mortimer 10k is put on by my running club the Reading Roadrunners. I’m sorry I forgot to mention it (it was in Sept) but I have been waiting all this time for someone to put the finish times on the site. They only recently went up!
Anyway, it wasn’t chip timed or anything but they had my finish time this year as 00:55:59. That is a pretty good time considering I felt like I was in more pain then last year. I also managed to shave time off from last year’s 00:57:09! Pretty impressive considering all of the hills.
I did my long run today with Garfield and it was slightly painful for quite a few miles. I had shin splints for about the first 4 miles and I had to stop an stretch a couple of times to get the tightness out of my lower legs. This always seems to happen to me when I get new trainers which are nice and cushioned. Why is that? If they aren’t cushioned I get other types of injury… I can’t win!
For today’s long run I started at my gym (Pulse-8) and ran from there to Dinton Pastures and back again.
I got to Dinton Pastures and tried to mix it up a bit with regards to the direction I ran around the lake and it was a bit difficult. I think I’m getting bored with the scenery of Dinton Pastures! All those people walking dogs…
Overall the run was pretty good (even with the pains) and I managed to keep an average pace of around 6 mins per km. That is the sort of pace (or a little bit slower) that I would be happy with in the Brighton Marathon.
Now after my long run I am drugged up with Ibruprofen to help with the horrible “puffy” knee feeling that I’ve been getting lately. I think I’ll need to concentrate a bit more on let weights/exercises on my non running days to build up my quads. I think they’re getting a bit weak from all the running and it’s causing me a bit of knee trouble. Jeez, if it isn’t one thing with running it’s another isn’t it?
I’m off to put my Santa suit on and lounge around the house…
dinton pastures, long run, pains and niggles, race or event, reading roadrunners, running club
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