Back to the Racing

They said that there would be snow, but we didn’t believe them. Sure enough on Tuesday morning when we woke up there was snow in Harburn. Not only that but it stayed with us until the Thursday. So from shorts and short sleeved running kit it was back to the longs. Running tights and long sleeved running tops were back in the bag.

Training this week was low key with the Tom Scott 10 mile road race firmly in our sights. Tuesday saw us doing some hill work and skipping the Circuit classes – it was just too cold! In reality it wasn’t as cold as December/January time it was just a shock to the system after the glorious weather of the previous week. Wednesday was even more of a disaster, there was nobody turned up for the Beginners session. However on Thursday we ended up taking two groups out, one a leisurely 3 miles and the other a slightly more challenging 5.5 miles.

Strathclyde parkrun saw a return to pacing Saturday and we had almost all the pacing vests out. Jo was running with the 22 on his back and recorded 21:55 – not bad, Mo was running with 27 on her back and recorded 27:11 – room for improvement.

Sunday saw us once again head for Strathclyde park for the Tom Scott 10 mile road race. Maybe we should move through to the West as we seem to head there every weekend – no wait a minute we just moved from there! Anyway as always the Tom Scott brings out a large number of club runners which can be a bit intimidating. After registration, where they presented you with a wee shield, we gathered the troops and got them psyched up for the ten miles ahead.

Before we knew it we were heading for the Start line and the big race. It was a busy start with a lot of now-familiar faces. The race itself is basically two loops, a big 6 mile loop and a small 4 mile loop. We were all pretty soon in the zone and setting off in our own personal challenge – mine was to run under 8 minute miles.

The best part of race day is always the finish line where you catch up with all your group and friends for the post-race banter. All our jogscotland group that took part in what for most of them was there first 10 mile race did amazingly well – we were so proud of them. It’s a great feeling when your group achieve their goals. How did MoJo get on – well we both achieved what we set out to as well. 

Photo courtesy of Reynards Nursery

(Thanks, Andrew)