Flitwick 10k

So the next challenge was the shorter (yay) Flitwick 10k. Hurrah for shorter races...

Once again, Statto had done his research to undercover a somewhat hilly 10k. This is another race I've done a couple of times before and I have always really enjoyed it so I was looking forwards to it.

Once again I set off with no aim and again I benefited from that approach, there is something to be said for not putting yourself under pressure, I am not sure the end result would have been any different if I had targeted a particular time but I am hardly an expert in sports psychology!

I had a couple of other NHRRs to keep me honest though! Geoff P (again!) and Christine Sharp were both in viewing distance in front of me. Not long after the water station at halfway (which was next to a field where they had been muck spreading and I almost threw up all over the road, it's hard to breathe, not breathe and retch all at the same time) I managed to get closer to both of them and finally managed to catch them on the penultimate hill. As in the Sandy 10, I got stronger as the race went on and finished with a flourish in a time of 60:38.

Again, another photo, less flattering this time though!