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5k-a-day 125/365 – Liverpool Spring 10k – new 10k PB 44:40!!!

Graham Holland    

Sunday 5th May 2019

  • Distance: 13.4k (10k race, 3.4k run home)
  • Total to date: 874.6k
  • Rolling target: 625k
  • Ahead of target: 249.6k
  • Distance remaining: 950.4k
  • Days remaining: 270
2019 Liverpool Spring 10k t-shirt and medal

Today I came full circle by running the 2019 Liverpool Spring 10k. This race last year was my first ever road race and you could say I caught the bug! Until then I’d only ever run times 5k runs at parkrun but I enjoyed the 10k so much I ran four more in 2018.

The weather was considerably cooler than the 26ºC we ran the race in last year! There was even some un-forecasted rain at the start to accompany the chilly breeze. However, once we started running the rain stopped and the temperature was perfect!

Last year I followed the 50 minute pacer and finished in 49:04. This year I was determined to push for a sub-45 minute time so started running with the 45 minute pacer. Even though I lost touch with him after the 6km marker I could tell from the Strava updates in my earphones that he was running ahead of pace and that I was still on track to come in round about 45 minutes.

I was delighted to finish in 44:40 – 4:24 faster than my 2018 time of 49:04 and a whopping 2:36 faster than my previous 10k PB of 47:16 set at the Mersey Tunnel 10k just last month.

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