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Grinning Tired Pixie

Well I went home last weekend, meet Fraggle and Duck for a meal Saturday night then Sunday did the very cold 10m race at Bramley. Despite both Duck and Fraggle suggesting I was limping Saturday (I wasn't it was an uneven floor - honest!) I did run on Sunday.

Until about 6.5m I was just about able to make sub 2hrs ... then Duck managed the hill better than me and I was just too tired to make up the gap and stay with her. So I progressed on my own, with horrid stitch at 8m that I couldn't run through so walked. I was detirmined not to let the yellow jumper with red coated pacer beat me!! We had taken them at 6m and they passed me twice between then and 8m but I kept them behind me in the end.

Finished in 2hrs 03.59 which is the fastest I have ever run 10m in training or racing. So despite a pitifull last 2-3m I got a PB by 11mins! I was really pleased!

The drive home was horrid! Despite a massage at the race and a shower my legs kept on stiffening in an almost cramp like manner, tightening and making me go "Ouch" without even moving! It did however make me think VERY hard about driving home after FLM ... I will speak to the school. They did ease up after a stop at 1hr but stiffened again in the final 90 mins home! This really wasn't help by Pavement Plodder texting me about her lovely bath!!

3 Glasses of wine last night and a bath obviously aided recovery as the legs are tired this morning and my right calf is slightly tender but apart from the "that was a hard run" feeling in the legs I'm fine today!

The race itself was excellent - its a nice course and very well organised and marshalled. I think a lot of us will return next year.

Saturday night I appear to have agreed to do the Winter Tough Guy in 2006 with Fraggle and Duck!! Hmmmmm why do I do these mad things!!

The Reading Half is in two weeks - and less undulating than Bramley so my goal is 2hrs 40-45 I think ... as my long runs have been missing I will walk there from mum's and back after the race making a total exercise distance of about 17m, good for the Ashby 20 the following week! Wibble!

Comments

fraggle said…
Excellent stuff - we did well yesterday :-)
10:02 AM, February 21, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
We did indeed!!
and we will at Reading in two weeks time!
10:20 AM, February 21, 2005
RobW said…
Pix - A new PB! Well done, I'm really pleased for you. FLM watch out here comes the Pixie
3:52 PM, February 21, 2005
Anonymous said…
a huge congrats on your PB. Hope your note suffering form sore muscles today like me.
9:01 PM, February 21, 2005
beanz said…
WELL DONE!!!!

Take the train post FLM - please....

beanz
12:41 AM, February 22, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
Aww thank you folks!!
Legs were noticably "you ran hard yesterday" and last night I did notice some swelling on my lower leg :-(
OK today (post ibruprofen gel!)
Will drive home on the Monday after FLM, well drive from JJ's to mum's on the Sunday then home monday!!
So want to go running in the snow today!
9:05 AM, February 22, 2005
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