Back Club Training
With the camera club closed for the
Christmas Holidays I made my return to training with Bellahouston
Harriers, it was good to be back. The session was three times around
the Sherbrook Hills, a session that I've been doing on my own most
Thursday nights, although I tend to do them at constant pace, rather
than this session, which was fast up the hills and then jog
recoveries. I was pleased with my performance and the kind words
from my running buddies about my level of fitness and loss of weight.
An 'easy' run around Queens Park on Wednesday and I was back at the
Club again on Thursday. This time it was around Bellahouston Park,
for an extended warm up, followed by 8x 220 interval reps along
Fleurs Ave. It was cold, dark and wet and ice was starting to form
on the road, which meant that underfoot conditions were a little
hazardous. I had another good outing and was running alongside
others who would have normally been well ahead of me. A rest day on
Friday, should have seen me race fresh for Saturday but my legs were
still a bit tired from my exertions on Thursday.
Tollcross parkrun #34
After a 1k warm up, I lined up with 45
others, including my training partner Adele Walker and another four
Belahouston Harriers. Myself and many others marked the occasion by
donning Santa hats or other festive attire. It was a bit cold and
there was a slight breeze as we lined up for the 9:30am Start. With
no Dave Thom or Shaun Butler, it looked as if it would be an easy win
for Cambuslang's Shaz Hazeem who sprinted away from the off as did
Adele in the women's race. I wasn't out to break any records and
settled into my own race. After the first kilometre, I found myself
just behind a tall Athetite Tri Club runner, Derek Boyd, but
managed to catch him on the uphill alongside Muiryfauld Drive. I
think I'm quite good at running downhill, so I was a bit surprised to
hear footsteps catching me as I raced down, from the side of my eye I
noticed that it wasn't the Tri Athlite but a runner in a blue top, as
he overtook me, I realised that it was fella Bella Ian Anscombe,
who's had a great Season. I would have been happy just to sit in
behind Ian but he seemed to slow and I stepped out and ran passed
him. He caught me again at the 2k point but I pressed ahead and
started to focus on those ahead of me, including Adele. The weather
was worsening, the wind was getting up and the rain was coming down.
I used all my experience to keep positive and managed to catch the
three runners between myself and Adele, finishing strongly to place
15th just one spot behind her. I was disappointed with my
time of 23:20 but it wasn't a day for P.Bs. Ian placed16th
in 23:35.Results
As predicted Shaz had stormed to
victory, crossing the line in a time of 19:02, Martin McNellis earned
Silver in his first attempt and a non barcode runner placed third.
In her second race at Tollcross, Lisa Noble maintained her 100%
record, winning the woman's race in an excellent time of 21:17,
placing 9th overall. Adele placed second woman, 14th
overall, with a great time of 22:58, with Bellahouston Harrier, Katy
Smith, continuing her fine form, to place 3rd, 21st
overall, with a time of 24:30.
Other Bellahouston Harrier times:
Angela Campbell, 4th woman, 22nd overall, in
24:46 and Robbie Smith 30th in 26:42.
Post Run
With the weather turning even nastier,
I joined the other runners hurdled under the Bandstand for some cake
and tablet before heading home in the driving rain. Once again it
was great to spend my Saturday morning with running buddies and a
special vote of thanks to the volunteers who braved the conditions to
allow the event to take place.
Parkrun 130 in the bag!
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