I went for my 14km run today! Lots of fun, even though I managed to get a blister on my foot. Thankfully the rain held off and we had a fairly clear run. I got up at 6am this morning to get ready (after going to bed at about 9pm oddly enough). Drove up to the street that it was on, hopped out and let Orlando drive my car home. Which was lucky because he filled up the radiator fluid for me.
Anyway, start of the race was slow, since everyone was packed into a small area, but once we were out on the road things picked up a bit. It took me about 15 minutes to find the right pace, but once I was there I was motoring along. I ended up completing the run in about 1h 15m ish - can't remember exact time. But I am satisfied with the time, and I really sped up towards the end, perhaps the last 5km, since I found I had lots of energy left and there wasn't far to go. It was extremely satisfying too, running past everybody - whereas at the beginning of the race it was me who was being run past!
I guess the advice that you shouldn't start off at such a fast pace paid off, since I maintained a regular pace throughout the whole run.
Anyway, now I'm back I have to mow the front lawn, edge it and pull up all the weeds between the paving slabs. House inspection on tuesday, so it has to look pristine.
Pictures of me before the race here and here
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