These races are great - Turn up with your number pinned-on, race, finish, go home (happy).The course is a measured 10km along the towpath under the Clifton Suspension bridge. The terrain only has a few undulations, nothing you could call a hill. It's an out and back course.
Last night's conditions were very good. It was cool with a bit of a breeze, and a few muddy puddles to keep the legs cool.
I went out with the goal of beating my one and only previous attempt at the race in June last year - 41mins01secs.
The race began well, and the first 5km passed fairly easily. However, after the turnaround (19mins28secs) I began to slow. There just wasn't much in my legs/lungs. The difference in pace was very noticeable. But I hung-in and just managed to squeeze under 40mins (39mins58secs), which is a personal best and brought me in 33rd out of 229 finishers.
Today I've recovered well, and could probably do a long run tomorrow, but just to play it safe I'll go out on my mountain bike - Hopefully a hard 4 hour session. I'm making some good progress with my training and I want to make sure I keep progressing, and don't get injured.
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