{"id":264,"date":"2010-11-12T22:21:52","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T22:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrigley.me.uk\/2010\/11\/halloween-5k-nite-run\/"},"modified":"2010-11-12T22:21:52","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T22:21:52","slug":"halloween-5k-nite-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrigley.me.uk\/2010\/11\/halloween-5k-nite-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween 5K Nite Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.halloween5niterun.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

A lot of fun, I feel comfortable that I’ve set a low PR with my first ever timed 5K. It was dark, muddy and slippery for a lot of the course, and parts were narrow which made it difficult to pass people when I wanted to.<\/p>\n

I started right at the very back, because I had no idea what pace I would be running and a lot of the other runners looked quite serious.<\/p>\n

I bottled running it barefoot, and it was probably a wise decision. I
wore water shoes with a fair bit of wear on them, and they provided just enough protection from the stony bits that I didn’t even think about them. Grip, not so much.<\/p>\n

However, running at lunch times in the same area stood me in good stead, and when I got my form right I skimmed over the slippy stuff while people in running shoes were picking their way through it.<\/p>\n

I could have started a bit quicker, but I should have probably just started a bit further up the pack as I spent a lot of the first kilometre working my way past the slowest runners.<\/p>\n

The event had a fun atmosphere, some great costumes were worn. Indeed, some of the times I was unable to pass due to narrowing of the trail, I wasn’t too bothered as I was following one or other attractive lady in “sexy witch” or similar outfit \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Speaking of costumes, my wife told me that the first male finisher was wearing only a g-string. Naturally I asked about his footwear but for some reason she was unable to remember.<\/p>\n

She also saw 2 guys in VFFs, but no barefooters (hardly surprising, given the course and the darkness and mud).<\/p>\n

In the middle of the course, there was a group of drummers in costume which gave a great ambience.<\/p>\n

As I started to up the pace in the 4th kilometre, I passed somebody and managed to slip and tumble in the mud. No harm done, and my ninja roll meant I hardly lost any pace \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I look forward to my next 5K, when I can see what I can manage. I had very little in the way of training in the last few weeks, and I haven’t go to the point of including speed work yet.<\/p>\n

I’m taking the holistic, how my body feels, approach to building up my distance and speed. I have no plans to push distance further than 5K until I feel ready to.<\/p>\n

Official result:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sportsystems.co.uk\/ss\/results\/athlete\/?entId=WRIGL-DJCGM-JOEEK<\/a><\/p>\n

and the results table:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sportsystems.co.uk\/ss\/results\/Halloween%205k\/492<\/a><\/p>\n

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