Fred Hughes 10

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No.8 â„¢ YEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

Got started and took a while to settle in, by 4m thought I'm cruising and went through half way with 20 odd seconds to spare. 7m - 8m was tough and doubts crept in, but had to keep pushing. 8m - 9m was a whole mile of mental arithmatic, even though it was simple - 6 x 8 = 48 and 6 x 9 = 54 and there was a brisk headwind and no one to hide behind. Mile 9 the realisation crept in that it was on if I did anything faster than a 6:06 last mile ..... and there was still a headwind and it was really hurting. 

The most welcome sight ever was the Unaffiliated 57:19 58:54 59:00 59:47 73.95
Marts YES YES YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!! 3rd time lucky on the sub 60 quest 27th of 770. Looked at map and guessed last 2 miles could be blustery so decided to go for it and reached half way in 29:11. looking good still at 7 miles in 41:12 then wind kicked in and thought I'd blown it in last mile but dug in (and could hear No 8 shouting) so forced by aching bones onwards. Hurray can start enjoying 10 milers now the pressure's gone. 8 broke the hour too. Glad it wasn't 11 mile race though or I'd have been crawling:) Werrington Joggers 59:44 59:44 59:59 59:44 73.28
Chaz My 10 mile split at St. Neots Half was 64m26s, only 2s slower than my current PB over 10miles, so i am confident of a PB on this outing. Training going well. Update 10th Jan: I will run a PB at this race. Looking at the diary, I managed to survive christmas and New Year without losing too many sessions and getting good sensations in training. Perhaps a sub 63 is on the cards if this wind stops blowing so hard...
Very pleased with a sub 64, didnt pace it brilliantly, but its a PB so who cares? Wootton Road Runners 1:03:15 1:03:15 1:03:59 1:03:57 68.45
bluefinch10k Unaffiliated 1:04:21 1:04:21 1:05:00 1:04:21 67.99
Billy Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 1:07:10 1:07:10 1:07:10 66.86
pants Ants Unaffiliated 1:06:30 1:06:30 1:07:00 1:06:30 66.23
Lieutenant Lucerne Slightly outside my predicted time. A slow start (a little bit crowded) and a few sluggish early miles got me to half way in 36:15. Fortunately I was able to pick up the pace along the old railway line stretch, so a decent second half to the race.
A good course, with very little traffic. Thanks to the organisers, marshals, police and volunteers etc. Unaffiliated 1:04:10 1:08:30 1:11:00 1:11:24 65.94
Blondie 69 Biggleswade AC 1:07:37 1:07:37 1:07:37 65.25
BigChiefRunningBore PB!! Not as cold as last year. crap start old one was better Watford Joggers, Fitstuff Run Club 1:07:52 1:11:33 1:11:33 62.77
poppysox Watford Joggers 1:14:25 1:19:23 1:20:00 1:19:23 61.73
A.C nice race, flatish course, twists and turns slow the pace a bit but a good start to the year. I can still feel the turkey from christmas tho' Unaffiliated 1:07:07 1:11:46 1:15:00 1:11:46 61.60
Bedarat Unaffiliated 1:12:21 1:12:21 1:12:21 60.47
Ultra Kanga Kazzaaaaah!! so....................the pb didn't come off.  Lack of sleep, race fitness and the wind in the last three miles did for me.  Got a bit tangled up in the  crowd at the start so first couple of miles were fairly slow.  Had a couple of good miles in there, esp the 8th where I was already beginning to struggle but managed to find an 8 min mile.  100 Marathon Club 1:24:20 1:25:40 1:23:00 1:25:40 60.46
mitten Tring RC 1:21:07 1:21:07 1:21:07 60.41
Wabo that will  not be a pb, wouldn't bet on me at the mo, need to get under 1.29 to do 'fetch' pb.
Holly, told you not to bet on me!!
ANyway, I was holding back because of a tough race on sat and not wanting to mess up mara training, so to do this in mara pace I have to say I am chuffed, pb can come later! Eton Manor AC, Orion Harriers 1:25:49 1:31:05 1:30:00 1:31:05 59.56
Runner Martin Redway Runners 1:15:02 1:21:58 1:17:00 1:21:58 58.90
HB Unaffiliated 1:26:09 1:26:09 1:27:32 56.08
Binks I'm only doing this cos everyone else is. Taking it very easy as I have 45 miles to run in 6 days time. Serpentine RC 1:07:45 1:09:58 1:30:00 1:18:30 55.73
Little Nemo Serpentine RC 1:39:10 1:39:10 1:39:10 50.87
Yorkie78 What a race. Broke my PB by 13 minutes! Unaffiliated 1:24:52 1:28:37 1:40:00 1:28:37 49.37
BrianJ Really enjoyed this race, best organised one so far. Weather was good for time of year - sunny though a bit windy. Very flat course as well. North Herts Road Runners 1:40:15 1:44:16 1:44:16 47.51
RatRace Ran with OH, she got a PB which is all that matters. Nice training run, lovely day Unaffiliated 1:09:52 1:14:03 1:32:56 47.10
Becfleck Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC 1:26:57 1:42:30 1:47:35 45.55
starfleet1985 Long nice run well organised. Good use of police. Good time with 10mins of pb. Lovely course very scenic. Unaffiliated 1:31:00 1:35:03 1:40:00 1:35:03

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