My 1st ever 10k race

Yesterday I ran my 1st 10k race. It snowed, blew a gale and rained the whole way round the course. At times, it felt like hell. I wanted to cry and give up but I can't do that when I'm running the half marathon for charity so I knew I needed to keep going. Yes, I did stop and walk about 3 times partly because I just could not breathe with the air being so cold and I hadn't taken an inhaler but I got round in a fairly respectable 1 hour and 3 minutes. I am really pleased with this as I hadn't run for 10 days because of injury. It was touch and go whether I would make it round the course even but I did and along the way I did have moments where I actually enjoyed it. The feeling of finishing and the endorphins going round your body after is the best bit!

So what now? Well, I need to train hard for the half marathon especially if I want to run a sub 2 hour time. Today has been a rest day but tomorrow I'm going to go out for a short run again. I also need to focus on my eating too. This is key in race preparation and the better you eat whilst you train, the better. Organisation is vital and whilst I'm great at planning everybody elses menus, I don't do the same for me so I must. I also have a wedding to go into in just under 3 weeks which is more motivation to eat well and look great.

I never thought I'd be able to run 10k but with determination and training, I did which means you can too. In fact, you can do anything you put your mind to so go out there and do it!

Hannah