July means the Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All 10k in Leeds. It is usually boiling, making for difficult running conditions but is also a really fun event to be part of: you set off from the east side of town and loop all the way around before heading up Kirkstall Road.
Last year I set an awesome time: 59:59.
I wanted to beat the hour and did so: by one second!
| Race | Time |
|---|---|
| Abbey Dash 2016 | 56:45 |
| Run For All 2016 | 59:59 |
| Abbey Dash 2015 | 1:07:58 |
| Abbey Dash 2014 | 1:07:36 |
| Run For All 2014 | 1:06:14 |
This year was a mixed bag. I managed a time of 57:28. This is 43 seconds behind by Abbey Dash time, but 2:31 ahead of any time I have set in the heat.
Any hope of the run being good for me was quickly dashed. We went for brunch at Wetherspoon’s, followed by recovery ice cream at Baskin Robbins. That was Venla’s favourite part of the whole event.
The race was well organised. You get a colour coded number based on your expected finish time: blue (elite), red (not so elite), and green (everyone else). Previously, I have been held up by slower runners, so I put in a target time of 54 minutes.
This seems to have been the magic that moved me into the red zone. 55 minutes plus seems to have put you in the green zone. However, there were only two pens: all the blues and reds were in the same one. This meant that while I expected it to take 10-15 minutes to get to the start, I was actually through a couple of minutes after the gun.
Well done to everyone else who took part, what were your times?
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Tags: 10k, jane tomlinson, leeds, leeds 10k, running
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