| Those regular Juneathon readers with a keen memory will perhaps recall that last year on June 28th, I celebrated my thirty third birthday at the Clumber Park 10k TrailBlazer. Having had a somewhat busy June 2015 planned out in the diary, I had been reluctant to commit to anything this weekend as I really expected to feel substantially more broken than I appear to be only 7 days after my first ultra marathon (and yes, I know I still need to do a proper blog about that experience!). As a result, everyone was busy, it was too late to register for any races and I was staring at a potentially solitary birthday with far too much in the way of baked goods all to myself. I'd have jumped at the chance to return to Burnley for the Pennine 10k but I had no way to get there. Home made scones and jam was to be the highlight of my day. Fortuitously however, I found out yesterday while chatting after Oldham ParkRun that there was a 10k in Platt Fields; the Manchester Harriers Platt Fields 10k no less(!), and that there was the possibility to register on the day. So Cinderella did go to a race. It was no PB, but it was lovely to be able to continue my rediscovery of running a bit quicker (as discussed yesterday) and gave me the time to ensure I came in at an appropriately placed position of... thirty fourth. What else? And then I went to eat jam and scones... |  |
