It seems that official times were kept for the Stourbridge Stumble, I just hadn't noticed the timekeepers! Stourbridge running club published them a day or so ago, so I now have an official time:
59 minutes 36 seconds, placing 154 out of 203 finishers and 29th out of 39 in my category. This gives me a nice baseline PB to improve on in the coming months and years!
I had already planned to take a 2 week break following the race under instruction from my physiotherapist. This has turned out quite good for two reasons:
1) my left hip is not very well, I suspect because I overdid the finish in the race. It needs a bit of time to heal. My left calf also gave me trouble for a couple of days but has settled now.
2) we've had extremely wet weather over this week, especially in the mornings I would have been running. I don't mind light rain at all, but this has been the sort of rain which turns streets to rivers. It looks like this will run through to next week too.
So, in the meantime, I'm doing my stretches and ankle exercises and plan to hit the roads again on 2nd July, possibly with the start of a half-marathon training plan. After a lay-off, I know I'll need to keep things easy - but I have plenty of time ahead of me.
All the best,
Mr Stumble.
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That is the problem when you run hard on low mileage, your body aches for a few days after. Still, you proved that you can run 10K under an hour and that's an accomplishment.
As you build up your weekly mileage, those 10Ks won't take so much out of you.
Have a great weekend.
Well done Andy. Good luck with the niggles/ injuries. Enjoy your running despite the rain!
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