Well, that went well! 😊
Didn’t sleep that well, and legs felt heavy during the warm up, so had no expectations. My goal before the start was just to do under 90 mins. Started steadily and then the first big downhill came and I let myself go and overtook loads of people and never looked back. Powered up the hills and was overtaking people both going up and going down the hills. Got beyond half way and just kept on pushing. The training must really be working as was able to push up the hills and then push on when I got to the top of them. Final time was 1:22:36, which, checking on Strava is a 22 second PB for 10 miles (beating EOY Staplehurst time from 2018). (I have done 10 miles faster as part of a half marathon, but that doesn’t count does it!) So, in case you didn’t realise I was very happy with that!
Did 10 mins WU and 10 mins CD.
Honesty this has put a huge smile on my face. What a brilliant time and glad you had such a great experience out there. It’s so rewarding when you feel strong and can overtake other runners. Congratulations on the new 10 mile PB. It definitely counts by the way, and to get a new personal best from where you’ve battled back from is huge and you should be really proud of yourself for both your patience and hard work. You’ve earned this. Awesome running Ben!! You may have been the only team member to do the 10 minute cool down as well 😂