I knew 10km running would be though for, it is actually amazing how quickly the body wants to forget the kilometers / Mileage you have already put into it.
As soon as you stop or slow down , the Body forgets and you have to start again , maybe not from scratch but pretty low anyway.
Last Year I did bucket loads of 10 km races , I even did a half marathon . This Year I did Triathlons and shorter races , so amazingly 10 km running was a real Challenge.
That happens if you don't regularly train, OK I knew upfront it would be though and my only goal was to enjoy it and finish it. Still I kept looking at that damn watch and something in me hoped I would run a decent time , the first 5km were fine, or as fine as they could have been.
It was mentally though because it was a 2 Lap race, so it would have been very easy just to step to the left after 5km and finish it but after I had already bailed out on the Weekend from a group Cycling ride after 20 km I decided not this time, it gets too easy to bail out if you do it too often.
The next 3 km were not too bad either , I got slower and slower but that was kind of OK , then the cramps kicked in, and they kicked in big time , I gritted my teeth and started to have a rather weird looking running / walking style , sometimes with jumps in it when the cramps kicked in.
But the Crowd and the other competitors were great , they just encouraged me to go on and while I was in Pain I also was thinking of the Guy who should benefit of this Race , Mark Pollock a Blind Adventurer Racer who got paralyzed a couple of Years back, if you don't know him just Google him, an absolute amazing Guy who doesn't seem to accept the word NO.
So with that in mind i finished a beautiful 10 km Race, the scenery was amazing during the Race thousands of Runners in the Dark and we all wore Safety armbands with blinking Red Led's , just seeing those thousands of red flashing Led's was stunning .
Than the real Highlight came after I had passed quite happily the finish line suddenly I saw Mark Pollock talking to other competitors and I got my chance to have a quick chat with him and shake his hand. Which means I had the Honor this Year to meet and greet Chrissie Wellington and meet and greet Mark Pollock , two very amazing Persons in their own right.Both have a very similar Mindset , they do not accept the word NO, meeting people like that is rather special.....
NEVER EVER GIVE UP
