When my alarm ran at 7:00, it is fair to say there was little motivation to get up, considering this is the same time I wake up for school. Thankfully I didn't have school today as I am loving the rewards of being on study leave! I finally managed to get myself out of bed and into the kitchen. I made myself a large bowl of porridge, with a banana on top and lots of blueberries, and not to forget the tablespoon of honey on top! I had organised my outfit last night, so I was all ready to go. There aren't any photos of me flying around the course today, unless RTW parkrun post some photos later, but if they do I will add them onto this post and put them on twitter (@race_with_grace) and instagram (@race.with.grace). Here are some photos of me warming up before it started, but it was a bit chilly because of the wind so I tried to keep moving! The whistle blew and I found myself striding down the path towards the lake, it was fair to say that it started off very quickly and it was very crowded, which I had never had to deal with before hand! I kept getting caught behind people and then having to make a sudden sprint to over take them. When I finally got into a rhythm, I found myself starting to think about what I was going to do my next blog post on, and of course I quickly decided it was going to be this week's parkrun! After being 2nd woman for the last 3 weeks, I was determined to make it to number 1 this week... this is before I realised Kelly Holmes was running. By the end of the first lap I was sitting at woman number 5, which I wasn't very pleased with but the girl in front of me, I had chased a few weeks ago and just been beaten by her in the last 1km. I managed to over take her at about the 3km stage and the next woman too, to sit me in 3rd place in the womens race. In the last 1km suddenly the girl from a few weeks ago flew past me, but I wasn't having any of it and I pushed and pushed to keep up with her. In the last 200m it was a hill, they aren't known for being my strong point but I pushed, even though my legs were burning. I crossed the line in 20th a few places in front of her, and I was thrilled. Even though I was 3rd woman and hadn't made the number 1 or even 2 place, I was thrilled, especially as I had only been 15 secs away from my pb. My time in the end was 21:56! Jumping for joy at the end of my parkrun, ready to come home and write this blog post... oh and of course revision too! A highlight for me this morning was definitely meeting Kelly Holmes! Full results can been seen here of todays parkrun. Love G x If you liked this post, you may also like:
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