Today there was a half marathon and a 10K in Glasgow. As I have a marathon next week I chose the 10K rather than the half. The weather forecast was pretty foul, wind and heavy run, flooding etc. but fortunately it wasn't as bad as expected.
With an anticipate finishing time of 45 minutes or under I was in the first corral behind the elites and as it turned out only 15 seconds or so behind the first timing mat.
It was drizzling and cold before the start by my cheap kid's poncho did a great job of keeping me warm and dry before the start. Disposable ponchos rock! ;-)
I spotted a 40 minute pacer standing near me in the corral so thought that
it might be fun to see how long I could hang on to his back. Not very long was the answer. Within about 100 yards he had already opened up a sizeable gap and was forced to recognise the folly of my ambition. ;-)
The race starts off with a pretty stiff climb in the first km up St.
Vincent street. It's tough but it's the only significant climb so you just have to power up it and hope that you don't blow up before the finish.
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