Run > Race

9st 11 on Saturday morning. Kathryn's run for England!!!! Had pasta carbonara on Sat lunchtime because we were going to Henry's football presentation at 1p. Then off to stasy at Abode Hotel in Chester where had sandwiches for tea. For breakfast I had corn flakes then porridge. Had porridge bar about 20 mins before setting off. I carried a Lucozade Sport bottle of zero tabbed water round with me and had a drink at every drinks station - about 5?. Also had High 5 gel at one of stations. Also carried Kathryn's small bottle and a gel with me. Was aiming to beat the 10.09 which we did at qualifying race at Scunthorpe so 9 .51 pace. But it was steep uphill at start and quite crowded and narrow early on through town centre. We got it back to 9.51 after 3 miles but Kathryn never really got back to top speed after that. She has had a sore calf muscle all week and has been foam rolling every day. She never gets injured!.Last mile or so was very hilly as well but by then the time was gone anyway. It was a very warm dand we ran 0.15 miles over distance as well. Back in October, 7 months ago when she fell apart on Virtual London or the real London 12 months before that, if we'd said she'd be running for England today we'd have said 'no way' so absolutely amazing achievement. Real triumph. Try the marathon again? We'll have a think about that after Hamburg in 2 weeks, but I think I'd want to run round with her. Kathryn had pasta meal and a sandwich night before and a gingerbread man. Ovaltine and porridge pot on race morning plus aspirin and cold relief capsule. half hour before race had Ovaltine and porrridge bar. Laps 10.05, 9.36, 9.49, 10.13, 10.10, 10.19, 10.14, 10.06, 10.11, 10.03, 9.56, 9.43, 10.02.