So with me already in a state after "The Fling" There was no part of my legs that was not sore and achy. I rolled up to the start and decided that I would treat this as a recovery run and take my time around the course. It was raining but not cold. There was a fair amount of the Striders doing the race we were all staggered at various points around the start line. Me I was near the back.
Did more and more stretching and then I heard a distant sound of a whistle and we were away. The first 400 yards turned into a bottleneck and you had to slow down or else you would run over the person in front of you. It was all going so well until 5km where both my calf muscles decided they had enough and went brick hard. This is the first time in a 10km race that I have had to physically stop pull over to the side and try and relax the muscles. It was bloody painful. Not sure how long I was there for or even how many passed me. I got myself back into the race and started off with a very very slow jog and then built it up to a slow jog where I pretty much kept to the end of the race. I was disappointed with my time. However that was my stupidity one that I hope I never make again.
It is a great race, one that I do recommend others to try. It takes in a lot of Troon and it is virtually flat. Yes there is some inclines but lets be honest every race has them.
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