10 Mile Run = Home – Denby – Ripley – Codnor – Heanor - Heanor Gate School
Date: 15th October 2006
Conditions: Mild, Dry
Notes: Having took a risk and signed up for the Worksop Half Marathon before I had done my test run, today’s ten miler was even more important to me than before. I had stayed in all weekend and felt like I was ready for the challenge ahead. I awoke and prepared myself as though this was an official race.
As I started off I felt more than fine but decided that it was vitally important that I forgot all about time and concentrated on finishing the run. I did still however time the run purely for my training log.
As I passed the one mile marker I felt a slight pain in my left leg which I thought nothing more of but did know that it may be due to me slipping on my ankle in Wednesday’s outing with Heanor Running Club. I had not mentioned this previously as at the time of the accident, I had no pain and thought nothing more of it.
I continued with my run but the pain never went away. I was also feeling a slight cramp in my right foot, so from mile three to mile four was the hardest part of any run to date. What was sickening though was the fact that I felt fantastic physically, and had it not been for the pain in my legs I would have really enjoyed this run and would have finished it, knowing I can push that extra three miles on race day.
I decided that at mile four I would pull out of this run and walk the a mile to my mates for a lift home. I was absolutely distraught, but I know it was better to pull out of the run before I gained a serious injury which would have ultimately ended my chances of finishing the Worksop Half Marathon in two weeks time.
I know with the enough rest, hard training and the right mental approach that I will finish the race and finish it well. I am still after the sub two hour time.
Positive: My fitness level felt great. I never once got out of breath.
Negative: I had to abort the run after four miles due to a slight injury.
Fast Mile: 8.21
Slow Mile: 9.09
Run time: N/A
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The Five Boroughs
"There's more to this place than Manhattan"
Staten Island
"Only the first half mile is spent on Staten Island as you immediately leave across the Varrazano-Narrows bridge into Brooklyn"
Brooklyn
"Almost half the race is spent in Brooklyn, where many different neighbourhoods and cultural changes are passed through"
Queens
"The race enters Queens at exactly the half way point by crossing the Pulalski Bridge, over Newton creek, where you get your first amazing view of the City. The next 3 miles are spent here until crossing the challenging Queensboro Bridge over the East river."
Manhattan
"The first of two visits into Manhattan comes at mile 16 as you leave the Queensboro Bridge. Greeted by thousands of screaming spectators makes this one of the most memorable moments of the race, before the 4 mile stretch up First Avenue towards the Bronx"
Bronx
"At mile 20 you cross the Willis Avenue Bridge into the Bronx where little over a mile is run before returning to Manhattan across the Madison Avenue Bridge, where you see the Yankee Stadium, which has to be the highlight of the short trip across the Harlem river"
Manhattan 2
"As you arrive back in Manhattan the course proceeds down Fifth Avenue for 3 miles before entering Central Park for the final push and that moment that will last forever."
Varrazano-Narrows (Staten Island-Brooklyn)
Pulalski Bridge (Brooklyn-Queens)
Queensboro Bridge (Queens-Manhattan)
Willis Avenue Bridge (Manhattan-Bronx)
Madison Avenue Bridge (Bronx-Manhattan)
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