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Hi, yes, that was me. I had a very short warm down and was trying to work out who I thought might be you! I didn't dare shout at anyone though. Sounds like good progress in 2 years. Top work on the parkrun award as well.
It was a beautiful morning on the canal; I had fun splashing through all of the puddles. Fortunately, I managed to get into the first wave and had a clear run all the way. I did slow slightly but I'll blame a constant slight uphill for that - and then a proper uphill in the final mile.
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Well done! That rain, sheesh.
@juanito - don’t know if you were the Kent AC runner topping the results today? Good running, if so.
I went off in the 2nd wave. Bit of a ball ache being stuck in traffic or tip-toeing along canal edge for first 10k, but then I wasn’t ever intending to race it. Rough plan was to cruise along at 4:20/km pace and enjoy the scenery. Worked out exactly that in the end. Rolled in 17th, 4th in age group. Encouraging to be able to run a relaxed HM considering I couldn’t run 1km without stopping back in autumn 2016 when I first tried running again after 30 years off.
Equally satisfying was getting 1 of the 3 ‘volunteer of the year’ awards at my home parkrun. Pleasant morning scanning barcodes with my son yesterday while my wife worked the stopwatch. Tailwalking next week, then back chasing times.