Time to catch up

It's been a few weeks since an update but that's because there hasn't been a whole lot going on. took a couple of days off after Bohermeen and got back into it with a couple of 5 miler's and a horrible 13.5 miler on the Sunday morning.

Last week was just a couple of easy runs with the club gang on Tuesday & Thursday followed by a wedding on Friday which set me up well for the Balbriggan Cancer Support group 10K on the Sunday morning.

This was actually the first time I have ever raced in Balbriggan and the omens were not good when I woke up and it was snowing out. Abandoned plans to run down to the start as part of a warm up with Ken but thankfully as we drove down the weather cleared. Got a bit of a warm up in and we were underway around 5 minutes after the 1/2 marathon.

Had no real plan for the race but knew the course was undulating so was just going to run it by feel. My miles splits were 7:01, 7:25, 7:26, 7:42, 7:37, 7:10, 6:57 so a little bit all over the place but that was more to do with the terrain of the course.

That's me on the left well wrapped up

When I checked the garmin after the race it was showing only 6.07 miles where it would normally be over 6.2 for a 10K as you never take the shortest route. So although it was my quickest 10K I won't be claiming a PB. This race was however not about claiming PB's but raising a significant amount of money for a local charity which judging by the turnout they did.

Would love to see this become an annual event and see the crowds grow. All it would need is a few small tweaks to make it very successful.

While I'm figuring out what race I might train for specifically next I'm hoping to do the Dunboyne 4 mile race this Sunday.

Now any chance of anyone sorting out a bit of decent weather?