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WHEATON ASTON 10K. I'd been absolutely dreading this, as short road races really are not my thing. Couldn't understand why I'd put in for it! And after barely running for a month, I was not looking forward to this at all. I really expected a poor race, and changed my predicted time on here from 53.30 to 56 mins. Well my tactics were hopeless as ever, I started too far back, and then just wanted to get in front of some of the other Newport ladies, and ran a 8.20 mile and then a 7.50 mile. And then I died and ran 9 min miles. I ran a couple of miles with Helen MJ, and would have been really chuffed to have kept up with her, but sadly I couldn't. Dale kept me company for the last half which was very welcome. Trying to run fast hurts so much! I felt sick. And my foot hurt. Nerdy Stats. 20th of 25 Newport runners. 5th of 8 Newport ladies. 51st of 105 women. 16th of 36 F35 women. 260th of 361 overall. Not too bad. Later in the day noticed quite severe bruising to foot where it has hurt for the last 2 months.