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First 10 k, a couple of questions.

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tagazou Mar 2016 3:19pm, 13 Mar 2016 48 posts	Quote Pin tagazou yeah! thanks:-)
becca7 Mar 2016 9:09pm, 13 Mar 2016 6,684 posts	Quote Pin becca7 Well done tagazou. As .B. said, that's a great time for a first 10km. Good luck for your next challenges.
Dvorak Mar 2016 9:37pm, 13 Mar 2016 11,506 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Well done on your race tagazou and thanks for updating us. If you felt you were running the second half as well as you could, suggests you got the first half right :-).
Old Croc Mar 2016 9:50pm, 13 Mar 2016 27,147 posts	Quote Pin Old Croc well done Taga
tagazou Mar 2016 6:24pm, 14 Mar 2016 49 posts	Quote Pin tagazou Hi thanks so much!!!!!!! really encourging. But now thinking I am more suited to ploding round a half marathon than trying to speed round a 10k. There is one near me in a months time, do you think I would be mad to give it a go? Do I need to get some serious distance under the belt, or could i build up gently between now and then??
Lip Gloss Mar 2016 7:04pm, 14 Mar 2016 13,691 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss well done and glad you enjoyed it.
Dvorak Mar 2016 8:06pm, 14 Mar 2016 11,510 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I ran my first half a month after a 10K. I was checking Scottish Athletics to see if the results were up and saw it listed and thought "I wonder...". So the Sunday after I set out to run further and ended up with 15km and though I really struggled at the end and had very sore feet, I reckoned I could get round :-). My other long run was 12 km and then I did the race and it really was hard after ten miles but I did it (and it's not even my slowest time on that course, never mind overall). So ... Maybe you can, but don't be surprised if it hurts
tagazou Mar 2016 6:21am, 15 Mar 2016 50 posts	Quote Pin tagazou That seems logical Dvorak! I might see how much running I can get in in the next week or so and see if I'm feeling brave (or foolish) but after that there no more races that distance here, it is all trail running.
Spleen Mar 2016 10:27am, 15 Mar 2016 1,358 posts	Quote Pin Spleen If you want to do it I'd go for it. I'd expect the last three miles to be quite painful (to be honest they always are) with only a month to train in. But if that doesn't put you off, no reason not to.
tagazou Mar 2016 11:40am, 16 Mar 2016 51 posts	Quote Pin tagazou yeah, well think I'm ging to go for it, now just looking for an acelerated training plan!:-)