one of my stated aims for this winter season was a pb over 10k on the road, to beat my current time of 37:22 which was set over a year ago. i was due to race at yeovilton on easter monday, but my neighbour let me down because he did a 24 miler on the sunday in preparation for london as his final long run before the big one. i then rang around every person i know that i thought might be going and the excuses were all the same-either they weren't going or their cars were full. after about an hour ringing round people i had exhausted every possible lead and had to give up. i no have no excuse for not doing sneyd park hills tonight which is a tough session at the best of times probably more painful than a 10k race...bastards.
whats even more annoying is that after my run down at weston super mare on the prom last thursday (i ran 29:23 seven secs outside my pb in very windy conditions) night i really feel as if i am in shape to take a considerable amount of time off my 10k time. the 5k's i'm not too worried about as when i hopefully pass my driving test on thursday there are several series that they run locally which are quite quick over the summer. as for the 10k's i will be keeping my eye out for a race this saturday as it is my rota day off but so far my options seem to be either a 5 miler in bexleyheath or a 4k cross country in gloucestershire, non of which seem like perfect options but hey beggars can't be choosers. on the other hand i may need saturday free to go and buy a car which would involve a trip to newport. on the other hand though in the long term that would open up my options considerably and i would hopefully never have to worry about lifts again. thats a nice thought to finish on!
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