Riding with a hangover is not cool kids! |
Needless to say I never kept up with the intended pace & was dropped by the push to get to the lead pack after only 8 miles. A very windy day with plenty of open space took it toll but after a hard but enjoyable ride my hangover had gone.
The Great Selby Charity Ride |
It was a very well organised ride that enabled riders of all ages & abilities to ride together without any segregation or problems, well apart from one incident when a young lad decided to swerve his bike side to side just as we went around him missing us by inches. To be honest the only real problem was after finishing the ride I had another 17 miles to ride home (into a gruelling head wind) and that HURT!!! Lesson learnt???
A very hard windy ride home |
Lowering my miles to start with I continued to run, slowly building them up to 7K. The race night came and we set off, lining up with club athletes I felt like a fish out of water & I was worried id pushed myself too far up the starting line.
I dropped to the side to let the "more competent" runners by. Before I know it a timing car pushed its way through the crowd & the start gun went off. Standing on everyone around me I soon got myself some space to run & surprising to me I was overtaking people, I was worried that I'd set off too fast but felt comfortable so kept the pace. To my shock I continued to pass people and even had a bit of energy at the end to sprint the last 200m. A pleasing time for my first 10K I thought (1.49) then the official timing marshal tapped me on the shoulder "1.48 dead young man well done" it must have taken me 1 WHOLE min to cross the line, AN I was called a young man, RESULT I thought! I hung around for my mate Ian who had talked me into this run, so glad I did as I got this pic of him crossing the line, oh & yes the wheelchair runner was running the race too, not quite sure where along the course they started as they did not start from the start line with everyone else, but is was a welcome light hearted moment as I passed them at about the 7K mark.
Ian's in the red |
Askern 10K route |
Have a great Weekend
Martin
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