The Movember 10k

So, today we ran our first "training race" for the marathon - the Movember 10k. We lined up with 617 other moustache sporting (yes, even the ladies) lunatics in a blustery Greenwich Park and ran up and down hills until we hurt. A lot. The hills were all a bit much and there was sideways rain. The worst thing was that we had seen the course map beforehand, so we knew when we ran down the steep hill just after the start that we would have to run back up it again nine and a half kilometres later. In spite of battling with eye infections, sore quads and the cold, it was a good run and BB got a personal best (which is still pitifully bad, but faster than before nonetheless!)

The next race we have arranged is the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon, and that isn't until February, so we're looking for a few more to do (anything between 5k and 10 miles, depending on when it is).

In the meantime, back to the training....