VodkaBob
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Anybody entering this 10k? http://runmiddlesbrough.com/index.aspx?articleid=4539
Having caught the running bug recently, I'm contemplating entering an event before the year ends but I'm also a little apprehensive. If you've seen my posts you'll know that 10 weeks ago I couldn't run to the end of the street but now I'm capable of a sub-24 minute 5K. My running now is concentrating on bettering that time and I'm doing intervals on a Monday, a slow, long run on a Wednesday then a straight 5K on a Friday. My longest ever run is 5.2 miles last Wednesday, which I did in 46.10. I should have just done the extra mile to make it 10K but I was just making the route up as I went and ended up back home after 5.2 miles. I know I could have done that extra mile at the same pace, which would have given me a 10K time of around 55 mins. If I entered this race and added a mile a week to my Wednesday run, I should, hopefully, have a 1o miler under my belt. As it stands, I know I could, but have never completed 10K.
So, would anybody like to offer me any advice or encouragement? Would you enter it if you were a novice like me? The course looks pretty flat and is popular for PB, so I'm thinking this can be the benchmark by which all my future runs are set because I plan to enter quite a few events next year.
I would get in there mate. You will love it and it will make you want to run even more.