Over-weight, Under-run

[El Gordo]

Well I guess that depends on how you like your 10Ks, Nigel. Sunny side up or over-easy are my choices, while I suspect you're a hard-boiled type.

I do pep-talk myself before these races. Yeah, this time I'll finish just a few seconds below 60 minutes rather than perennially hovering just the other side of that line. But it never happens. Sometimes I do finish these races actually feeling tired but more often than not they're just pleasant, reasonably brisk jaunts that (and this is the critical point) don't last very long.

I like them. They're just long enough to let me feel holy about having taken part in a race, but not long enough to disturb the placid waters of my existence too much. That's probably what I'm doing wrong....