Trimpell 20

Sunday 8am- Very bleary eyed me and my dad set off to sunny morecambe not really knowing where we were going but we had plenty of time and no need to rush - i was a little twitchy as 20 miles was a new distance for me and i really didnt wanna be last!!
We arrived bright eyed and bushy at about 9.45 after driving round morecambe for a while!!
chilled out for a bit ate food went to the loo (3 times!) and before i knew it it was time to move to the start and at 11am we were off and within a few feet disaster struck!! my garmin decided that the only thing it could be bothered to record was the time so not a total loss but i was gutted as my race plan was to follow a strict 9.10 min/mile pace which miraculously i did for the first 10 miles which were all pretty pain free so at the half way point the watch read 92 mins but i was dubious about the distance marker for mile 10 which was long and i was proved right when i clocked mile 11 in 7.30 which was not right as i had not increased my pace at all and i just continued in the same vein til about 18 miles which again was long so i was a little concerned that i was not going to make my target of 3.03.20 so i mustered what i had and ran the last 2 at 8.50 ish and crossed the line in 3.02.12 with a very manly sprint finish and a huge smile on me face!!

a top run at a very good pace and bang on marathon pace so if i can get it right and maintain that pace for another 6 miles i WILL go sub 4 hrs!!
so heres to the next 20 miler - sunday 18/03/07 spen 20 @ cleckheaton
tatty bye
sng