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On a glorious morning and a flat course - where I'd set my previous 10K PB in Nov - I knew I had a chance of beating my record. Steady 6:50 mile pace and a burst at the end would do it. Plenty of time for a couple of mile warm-up - and then when I started I was running the first couple of miles comfortably sub-6:40. The 3rd and 6th miles have slight uphill inclines, and I was hanging on a bit on them - but I managed to sustain the pace pretty well to the end, and almost sneaked in below 41 mins.

Three big positives. 1) This should take me comfortably into the top 40 rankings on the RunBritain ladder for M65s - maybe even close to 30th. 2) I was the second over-65 finisher - just 12 secs behind EC, who's ranked in the top 20 and who beat me by nearly 2 mins in the Salford 10K two weeks ago. 3) I feel I'll be able to go faster as training continues ... maybe even a sub-40 later in the year?? Woo-hoo.

Now I'm not so disappointed about missing out on the Manchester marathon today. Shame Garmin records the course 0.04 miles short of 10K though.

Split Summary
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1) 1m - 6:38(6:38/m) 139/152bpm 80cal 9.05/9.64mph
2) 1m - 6:31(6:31/m) 150/153bpm 86cal 9.2/9.58mph
3) 1m - 6:48(6:48/m) 152/162bpm 92cal 8.83/9.08mph
4) 1m - 6:38(6:38/m) 152/156bpm 90cal 9.04/9.39mph
5) 1m - 6:42(6:42/m) 153/165bpm 91cal 8.95/9.27mph
6) 1m - 6:52(6:52/m) 152/159bpm 92cal 8.74/9.39mph
7) 0.16m - 1:03(6:39/m) 155/159bpm 14cal 9.02/9.89mph