What do you get when you mix a Vindaloo, 4 beers and two red wines with a 10km race?

A stitch at the 5km mark and a missed opportunity to run a PB. Official time:

50 minutes and 26 seconds. 5:02 min per kilometre pace.

161 of 323 runners. 26th of 37 in the M35 age group.

Only 28 seconds off my fastest, but this course is flat apart from the two bridges so should have been an achievable PB time. I got through the 5km mark in 24:58 but that 4th km was a struggle with a big stitch in my right side.

During last evening I decided I wouldn’t run this race, but at about 10:30pm I decided that I would only feel guilty, so packed my gear. Unfortunately, the yummy indian food was never going to help.

Again, it rained the whole way. Can’t remember a dry race!

So, after all I have read and listened to about race preparation it appears that I will only learn through personal experience!

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