It was wet and windy but it went well. This is a favourite race of mine, always very well organised, plenty of loos and a great fast route. As a regular to this race I know you have to wade through the wet, muddy field of parked cars to the registration tent to pick up your race number, so I had my wellies ready and boy did we need them, the registration area was like a mud bath. After picking up our numbers we headed back to the car to change from our wellies and keep warm as it was freezing. I don’t have an awful lot to say about the route, its fairly uneventful as its so flat but its really pretty and the marshals are always great. As usual, the tractor was pulling out on to the course near the finish, he does this every year, he’s just being awkward, maybe next year I’ll lie in the road so he can’t get past! Despite the tractor trying to ruin the race, I finished in 56m20s, my best time this year. My personal training client Katie (you all remember the 6 stone weight loss) also took part and finished in 57m21s, an amazing time especially as its only her second ever 10k and a year ago she was 6 stone heavier. Sam, one of our Yoga instructors at the studio also took part, this was her first ever 10k (she hadn’t even ran the distance in training) and she finished in 1hour 5mins, a massive well done to them both.
Its Tatton half next week, so I’ll have another race review for you then.