Well its finally happened I've won my first prize for a second place in.... A 5k run!
It all started about a year ago with a certian Mr Giles saying, u should try a bit of running its a laugh, & then me proceedin to try a bit of cross training. I did a few charity runs etc & realised its really not that difficult,then triathlons... & u all know the story from there.
Anyway my recent relative sucsess in the Wadenhoe duathlon puts me in third place in the senior in their series, so in true Glynn style I thought I would do (A) run (the irchester 5k) in way of training for the last Wad duathlon.
So sat afternoon I thought yeah I may pop over in the morn & give it a bash,so I turned up, & signed up under numplumz mountain bike (always make a point of putting this on a run entry), & lined up near to the front with Steve,Roz & rather unexpectedly Mrs brown (cant believe Paul stood & watched).
Like I said I was just usin this for training, but I was aware that Nigel did this run in a totally respectable 23min a few weeks ago & I dont mind admitting I was using this as my benchmark. So we all set off & I barged my way forward as much as possible & within a few hundred yards, went through the usual oh my God I'm gonna die..I cant breath.. my backs gonna snap..& where the hell have my legs gone routiune.
Then as soon as I had got myself sorted (& not really knowing the course)it was over & I stopped my watch on 21.05. Then I legged it back to my car as it had just started pissin down, & went home fopr tea & crumpets!
I sent Steve a message a few hours later asking how he did, & the reply was ok top 10 & do u want me to bring your prize round...
I should explain that although there were about 300 people there I'm sure the "good" runners were all in the 10 & 15k races as Steve (get this) did the 15 in a staggering 57min & was still only top 10. Still not bad for a couple of MTBers I say
The annoying thing is I still dont cosider (want) myself to be a good runner I am just a MTBer who likes a challenge...It dose piss the runners off though!
P.S I do think we should have some more entrys for the run bike run on the 18th, cos they r a proper laugh!
