Race Report of sorts!
Santa Dash at St Annes park today which involved about 1000 people running 5km, 10km - or a 2.2km course with mainly kids racing. Everyone wandering around on a lovely sunny winters morning in the Santa suit you’re given to wear, lovely atmosphere in the park
Preparation for this involved our Christmas Day out and dinner with friends so numerous pints and bottles of wine down the hatch yesterday.. feeling gingerly enough this morning! Anyway, on to the start line which was rammed, I pushed towards the front as I figured there would be loads of occasional runners.. started to realise how warm it was going to be inside that suit! I noticed a few of the more serious runners were not wearing the pants or hat, and with that the guy next to me shoots a gel and you’re wondering what’s going on!
The race itself was very uneventful.. couldn’t say it was that enjoyable as the heat inside those suits was mental! I just focused on keeping it steady but quick and kept my place just back from the leaders as it all stretched out, swapped a place or two here and there, that was about it, crossed the line for 24:08 chip time, watch giving me 24:05
If yesterday hadn’t been what it was, and the red boiler suit I’m fairy sure I’d have shaken those few secs to dip under 24mins which would have been nice. Very happy with the consistency though 4:51, 4:50, 4:50, 4:46, 4:52. That’s the threshold run done I suppose
The nicest bit of the day though was my kids running in the 2.2km race, they took it out together and to be fair to the youngfella he held off so his sister could stay with him. They crossed the line joint 2nd place and convinced they will don the green
