As well as gaining points for the club Steyning AC also runs it's own handicap system for these races and in the ones I have managed to get to this year I have come first in all but one of them and in the last race I beat my predicted handicap time by four and a half minutes ! The slightly worrying thing is that to keep this going I just have to get faster and faster.....
I know every runner says this but I just haven't done as much training as I wanted to over the last few weeks. I've had a bout of "man-flu" ( or a bad cold to most women ;) ) so my mileage has slipped a bit but it does seem as though the training I have done has paid off.
At last weekends race we had some of our Tuesday night runners; at each race we are persuading 4 or 5 of the new runners to take part and the feedback so far has been great. There is something about the feeling you get when you cross a finish line that just can't be beaten !
This weekend is the last race of the leagues season. A very hilly 5 miles across the South Downs from Lancing. The plan at the moment is that I'm going to run there and back adding another 5 miles each way to make up the distance I need to be doing for my long run. It does depend a bit on the weather and quite how knackered I feel after the race (I can always hitch a lift home with someone) but I really want to try and improve on my 1:59 half marathon PB in November...... time will tell all I can do is my best on the day :)
Anyway, I can't add a post without a photo; this is one of the sunsets we have been having recently..... this is why I run.
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