City of Lincoln 10K
Sunday April 7 th brought our first race of the year. We had unfinished business with the City of Lincoln 10K. Last year the Beast from the East stuck its oar in and the race was postponed until summer, which was no good for us as Rory was in Hong Kong. So, we were really hoping that everything would run smoothly this year and we would get to tick this particular race off our list. We were feeling rather unprepared for a 10K race however. Since my injury just before Christmas I have been sticking mainly to 5Ks. I’ve only run one 10k in the past five months and that was on the treadmill, so I really hoped I would be able to cope on the day. Typically, as often seems to be the case in the few days before a race, my legs were giving me all kinds of niggles, which worried me. You wonder how much is your imagination or you being over-sensitive, but I still live in fear of my calf ‘going’ when I’m in the middle of a race. ...