My first 10k

Hooray for me – I did it. I made it round the Wimbledon 10K in less than an hour only stopping briefly at the top of the hill to let some traffic pass (I was quite pleased to be able to stop for a minute). The last two kilometers were really hard and I wanted to stop and lay down but I didn’t.

I didn’t even have to walk up the hill – I was actually overtaking lots of people on the hill and during the whole race I think only two people went past me (though I did start quite far back).

I’m sure I should have leaned something about myself blah-de-blah during this process, other than that I can run 10k in less than an hour if I try. If I have it’s not become clear yet. I suppose that I’m a lot more determined than I think I am and that, if I really want to do something, I can overwrite my predisposition to sitting on the sofa for the whole weekend and generally being lazy.

Obviously I’m very pleased with my achievement. I had secretly hoped I’d make it under 1 hour but had said to anyone that asked that I was hoping for under 1:10. This meant that when I crossed the finish line the boyfriend was very shocked to see me and didn’t have the camera ready. The bad part of completing the 10K is that now I have to look forward to the next challenge… a half marathon. Argh!!!