I’ve taken part in 34 races now, managing to write reports on all of them apart from the Brighton 10K in 2003. For some reason I never identified, that one slipped past.
My second Brighton 10K happened yesterday, and I think I might have to keep quiet about that one too. I just can’t think of too much to say about the race. It starts on Madeira Drive and bounces along the front for 6.21 miles without much happening apart from a couple of turns.
Unenjoyable? No, far from it. To run by the sea is always a pleasure for someone living in landlocked Berkshire. It went OK.
The target was modest – to finish the 6 miles without stopping. I’d not run the distance for 4 months, so this wasn’t as simple as it sounds. But I made it.
I spent nearly all the race gazing out to sea, in the way that people who rarely see it, do. Someone swigging from a Heineken can around the 4 mile point shouted “Egg and spoon race!”
“Fork off”, I retorted, and one of his mates cackled.
And that was that. There are great reports about this race on the forum, in Nigel’s and Sweder’s training diaries. I can’t add much to what they’ve said.
Here are some snaps (courtesy of SP mainly):
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