Today I needed a 10k purely as training for next week’s
Retford Half Marathon. Yes, it may be a bit late to start training for a half
marathon but I always get injured training so perhaps not training is the best
way...
The day dawns damp and gets damper as we join an
impressively long queue to get into the car park at Holme Pierrepoint. I don’t
recall anyone ever having charged for car parking at Holme Pierrepoint before
and we have been here dozens of times but they are charging £5 to park, which has
manufactured the queue.
As start time approaches I jump out of the car and leave L to
park up, just in case they don’t delay the start but sensibly, they do. Now I
have the problem of having excess clothes to dump which I hide behind one of the
porta cabins in front of the main buildings.
As I said I needed a 10k and any 10k would do...
Question: What’s worse than one laps of the rowing strip at Holme
Pierrepoint?
Answer: Two laps.
Question: What’s worse than two laps of the rowing strip at Holme
Pierrepoint?
Answer: Two laps in driving wind and heavy rain.
Yes, it’s not pleasant but then the omens have never been
good for this race right from the moment they sent me my race number ‘666’.
My time is unsurprisingly unimpressive but it’s only
training. Isn't it? The bonus is that despite the inclement conditions nothing snaps.
Afterwards we head to Wetherspoons in Beeston for a bacon
roll and a hot coffee to warm up. My dedicated supporters are as wet and cold as
I am.
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