Sorry to hear about the pain. I will message you. I think I put it in some of feedback that we reached the end of the current plan and normally a week off is advised. From what you’ve said about this niggle, a week off would be good. But will check with you when I reach out this morning.

I’m so pleased at this and shows how far you have come in a short space of time. I seem to recall when you started that 10k was only possible with walk breaks (or was that 5k). Either way the fact you were able to cover this distance and feel ok at the end is a great sign that you continue to improve. It’s strange how your perception for distance can change. You may have experienced that with your hiking, but it can apply to running. Hopefully as you say this will give you the confidence that 10 miles isn’t as scary as it might have seemed a few weeks back. Really well done Esmee, so glad we got you to the stage you could take part in this race and I know Klare was very grateful of your support at the end.

Well done Esmee. The fact you ran all the hills is great. I think when we first spoke, you mentioned how you often had to stop on runs, so this already shows a big improvement, especially given the challenging conditions and the route. I think the last 3km were probably just down to lack of endurance and stamina right now. If we look at the plan to date, the longest run you’ve done is probably 11km and that was done at an easy pace. So this was definitely a step up and will be the reason for those feelings late on. No worries about Sunday. I’m happy with the Rye to Hastings entry because there are just parts of that which you’ll be forced to walk anyway, so if you run the flats and downhills it won’t be much difference in terms of distance to what we had in the original plan. Definitely another step forward though.

Well done Esmee. Thanks for the feedback. I myself found it much tougher than expected. The combination of the hills early in the route and the humidity really added to the challenge. But it shows your fitness is decent and we are starting from a good place.