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So I completed the BUPA 10K in Hyde Park yesterday in 53 minutes and 20 seconds, coming in at position 1608, in which, I am told 10,000 people took part in! So I’m very happy with myself, even if a little stiff in the legs. I managed to get around the time I wanted and considering I couldn’t train as much as I would have liked I am pleased with the run.
I was a little concerned with the weather forecast for the day as it was forecast showers – and I wasn’t particularly looking forward to running in the rain – I did bring a spare set of clothes just in case. But… the weather was great, and the run around Hyde Park was very nice. I’d never been there before and so was nice to have a look around as I ran. I am glad the race wasn’t any later as a couple of hours after the run there was thunder and lightening, and that wouldn’t have been fun!
Running a 10K course rather than a half marathon felt completely different, I realise that it’s only half the distance; but I mean that when i ran a distance in miles I would always convert it back in to kilometers, so if I had 2 miles left to go I would work that out to be at least 3 kilometers – which seemed, to me anyway, longer as it was a higher number.
Anyway, running the course I did a pretty good pace and passed each marker feeling pretty good. I had a but of a tired few moments at 6K and again at 8 but managed to push on. The last stretch though was a bit of a killer! Once I passed the 9K all I wanted to do was walk the remainder – but obviously couldn’t as there were people everywhere cheering us all on. So I pushed on and on, and made it to the finishline – phew!!
If anyone else took part in the BUPA 10K please let me know how you got on.
Also, if you would like to make a donation towards my fundraising activities for the Amani Children’s Home you can do so here:
http://www.justgiving.com/dougplatts
So the next thing to plan for, and it’s going to take a lot of planning, is my attempt at climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in September! I’m sure you’ll be hearing a lot more from me before then 
Just found this as a potential fundraising opportunity for July:
The BUPA Great Capital Run takes place in Hyde Park, London UK on the morning of Sunday 15th July and is open to everone…few!
The 10km course will take participants through London’s stunning Hyde Park and with the support of Capital 95.8 and their charity, Help A London Child, the Great Capital Run looks sure to be a great success!
I’m planning to get my whole company involved, because if you get 12 people or more from a business you get supplied with a trophey for the winner of the business – not that I’m competitive or anything.
On Tuesday I went for run for about 45 mins along the seafront in Brighton, from the west pier to the marina and back. I’m not sure how far that was but it was probably the longest I have run in one go. While I am more training for the time (2hrs-ish) I thought it would be best to get a definite distance under my belt, so to speak.
So on Wednesday I decided to run 10K on the treadmill at the gym. At least that way I would know how far I had run.
Now I set the treadmill at an angle so that it would feel more realistic – the road is never flat (hmm slightly phlisophical!). Anyway I started off at a good pace and resisted turing the speed up to high and burning myself out. After about 4K I picked the pace up slightly – my target was to get this done within an hour.
As the 7K mark cropped up I could feel the tension building in my calves and my legs starting to feel it. As I was making fairly good time – well for me anyway – I decided to reduced the pace right at 8K for a couple of minutes. This left me about 10 minutes to finish the last 1.5K. I finished at a good pace and even though I was pretty done I think I could have gone further. But I had reached my target for that day, will try 12K on Saturday and see how that goes.
I think my final time was about 58 mins which for a first time running that far I thought was ok. All of this running was either up hill or on a straight.
Now a half marathon is a little over 21K and my aim is to finish within 2hours. I have had a look at the course and all hills seem to be in the first 8K so that will be the point where I will be feeling pretty bad – but as long as I can make it through that section within an hour I think I’ll be able to make good time on the rest of the course.
Ha well we’ll see on the day, I could have the wind and rain in my face all the way round and be lucky to make it 3 hours!!
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