Bristol 10K

[Scythe13]

I am home after enjoying a leisurely 10k run around Bristol (TOF, I'll get a picture of my medal and tshirt for completing the race). It was great fun.

Is it really a prep? Well, health and fitness should be one of your main preps. Staying in good condition has all manner of benefits, so if it's not a prep you're taking seriously, then when heart disease (one of the biggest killers in the UK) comes knocking, well...I'm not going to say I told you so (who am I kidding, yes I will!!!)

One of the greatest benefits of the run, aside from great fun and an awesome excuse to run around Bristol, is that I get to weigh myself up against a 'fit element' of the population average. Basically, of the fitter people in society, I get an idea of where abouts I'd be. We all know that there are those super unfit people running around. But if you imagine the middle of the pack as being your starting point, then you measure yourself from there forwards....or backwards, depending where you end up.

Am I looking forward to the next run? Hell yeah!

The real kicker is, I know that WTSHTF, I am able to out run an average person, and maintain a good speed over a 10km distance (granted it was all VERY flat, except 1 little incline and 1 decline). Do I feel good about that? Nope. It means that there are still a lot of people that could easily catch me. Granted I'd be able to look after myself, but always better to stay away from it all. If running helps me get away from it......brilliant.

The next race will be held with my wife, both of us running together.