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Seem to be plucking them out of every race at the moment, my 10m PB is long standing 65:56 at GSR 2004 I think.

Was aiming for 67 in my dreams today and to get the second scorer for club again in the HRRL, at the Lordshill 10m, with a new route and cold blowy conditions, I thought sod it and went with the vest - Bold to be Cold....:-) and it was..... but the prep was not good with 3 pit stops and IBS before the start

The start was busy as usual and the usual slow runners were there too causing hold ups....!

Mile 1 - 6:32 and usual 1st mile chaos..... and runners all over the place
Mile 2 - 6:42 all is settling and know am in 2nd scoring place for the club already
Mile 3 - 6:24 a nice downhill section, and starting to pick off the faster starters who are now struggling
Mile 4 - 6:38, get passed so tag on and work hard
Mile 5 - 6:37 back ahead and into no mans land group 20m ahead and group 30m behind, realise PB is on the cards for the fist time as hit the half way in 32:54.
Mile 6 - 6:27 trying to close gap and open it up behind
Mile 7 - 6:32 same as mile 6 still trying about 15m now and 50m behind
Mile 8 - 6:35 CONTACT with the group and take all 4 of them between 8.5 and 9m
Mile 9 - 6:50, twists and turns and a hill, but pull away and gain some valuable places and build another gap
Mile 10 - 6:19, all out for the PB, know sub 65 is out, pass 3 more who are dying, like me but I refuse to show it on the outside, into the field and the recce pays dividens as i know have to go to the end and loop back, another place gained.

AND FINISH.... NEW PB 65:27 (by 29 secs) and a negative split and 86th Overall.

Then home pick up Jnr and off to the Sports hall event that he was in 4 events and did really well in, so a good day all round in the RFJ household and 2 PBs in two days..... OH YES whos HAPPY:-)