I was looking forward to running today as it would be my first run at Pollok since 26th September when I ran it in 19:56. Also Neal is 40 this week and is having a get together at their house this afternoon and encouraged friends to run with him this morning.

Katrina also was keen to run so we arrived in time for a warm up where I caught up with Neal. True to form Neal complained about having sore legs from his 25 mile run yesterday!

I decided to set off near the front as it can get quite congested early on. I started with Neal and could hear him chatting away for the first few minutes to a friend just behind me. I was breathing fairly hard so didn’t join in!

I felt I settled into a good pace straight away and held it all the way round. I caught a few people on the first loop and then basically held my position.

I went past 4 runners with about a mile to go and pushed as hard as I could to the end. I finished just behind a lady called Hilary who was dressed in a Santa suit! One guy went past both of us on the final downhill.

I finished 15th in 19:52 so I was really pleased with my run.  Plus it’s always a bonus to finish ahead of Neal whether he ran 25 miles yesterday or not!!

I always enjoying seeing where I finished when you sort by the age graded column.

I was pleased with my splits in that the 3rd mile was my fastest.

My heart rate graph was also interesting showing that my HR went gradually up during the race … sorry run!

Steven was watching with Kirsty and Isla and was taking some photos. Thanks Steven.

Near the start with Neal hanging on!!

Half way round

Final hill chasing Mrs Santa

Thanks for the photos Steven