Mad May 10'k's

My last blog post was sadly about Duncan who sadly passed away in March. Not feeling too good for a few weeks after this I decided to try and focus on my running. I had already entered three 10k's which would take up nearly every weekend in May, with one break for my birthday weekend and Everton's last home game. 

To try and get something positive out of something so sad, I decided to run the "Great Manchester Run" for Canine Partners in Memory of Duncan. 

The first 10k was the spring one in Sefton Park and it was an amazingly hot day (my forehead has a dirty tan patch !) and I got my best time despite forgetting to put on my knee support for my dodgy knee. This was down to being excited about wearing my new Nike Capri running pants 

The second 10k was in Port Sunlight - I was really worried as my knee was really sore despite only going for training runs - it felt exceptionally weak. I needn't have worried too much the strapping I applied held well and remarkably I did my fastest 10k ever at just 1 hr. Loki our new puppy (more about him later) had become my running mascot since last week and a good luck Charm it would seem.

And finally last Sunday was the Great Manchester Run - this was the one that I pledged to run in memory  of Duncan. I felt very emotional both at the begining and end and shed a few tears. Again my knee was injured but ice and strapping for the past week seemed to help. The issue for me with the race was the amount  of walkers and people stopping dead in front of you. I nearly got hurt a few times and so next year hope to be put in a faster wave. I was disappointed with my time 1.06 but I put this down to the crowded first 3k.  None the less I raised 200.00 by running it so no complaints on that score at all. Thanks to all who sponsored me. 

All in all then it was a productive running month which is great. I had been planning on a rest this week but whe the weather is like this it would be rude not to.