Personal Beast

Abbey Dash 10Km

Rock up late.
Struggle to find a parking spot
Arrive at the start line with 2 minutes to go.
Absolutely rag yourself for the duration of the race so that your race face is on display and you look like the Witch of Harrogate.
Finish
Feel elated
Tell Mrs H that she doesn't have the monopoly on PB's
Feel humbled that you've only improved by 24 seconds but she's improved by over 180 seconds....... again
Celebrate anyway..... priceless

Feel like an athlete
You're back in the game

Ironman 70.3 World Championships

Saturday 14th November - Clearwater, Florida?
No, Satdi 14th, PB at the Park Run 5Km in the morning then shopping in Harrogate.

I could have been a contender
I could have been a someone
Caught up the rat race and feeling like a no-one
Picture in 220
The money and the girls
I could have been the Ironman 70.3 (Male 30-34) Champion of the World.

Maybe not

Best of luck to Debs and Dann Brook.

(Lyrics with a nod and a wink to Reverend and the Makers)

She's (run) a perfect 10 and (now) she wears a 12

It's all about Mrs H. She bit the bullet and decided to run a 10 miler. Not just any 10 miler. The Guy Fawkes 10 miler which I regard as harder than most half-marathons I have run. On completing the course in a more than respectable time (circa 90 mins) she declared "I loved it". Which can only mean she didn't run hard enough. My run wasn't so hot after covering the first 3 miles in 20 minutes, the wheels came off and I limped/walked home in 82 minutes.

Mrs H has been shedding the pounds and pounding the pavements. increasing her mileage and decreasing her waistline. I've been ........ I'm really not sure what I have been doing. I have been struggling with motivation and form. I've had some time away from training which is good for recovery but have struggled to get in gear and start to string some training sessions together.

My 10 mile track record is shameful
- Entered 4
- Started 3
- Finished 2
- Actually raced 0
My 10 miles "PB" is less than a minute quicker than my half-marathon PB.

Maybe it's time to vanquish the demons at the Snake Lane 10. Or maybe I should forget about it and focus on the extra 3.1 miles of the Brass Monkey half marathon. Mrs H is running that one too, let's hope it's a happy car drive home this time