While I\u2019ve been trundling along the South Downs and the beach around Brighton, I think other than running 400m when I was still at school, I\u2019ve never taken part in any race since that, certainly never as an adult. The Beautiful One however has ran a marathon before (not only is she beautiful, she\u2019s amazingly clever, kind and a great runner too – swoons) and had signed up for the Race For Life<\/a> with her friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, right up to the race day, I had wrongly assumed that Race For Life was for women only to take part in. In fact, up until 2020 it was a women only race, tied to raising money for the fight against breast cancer. An amazing cause. But actually men can take part – so I signed up and joined in the morning! Hurrah! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I left The Beautiful One to race alongside her friend who was probably slower than she would normally run, but I think she appreciated the camaraderie of the women running together. She said it was OK for me to run it properly though\u2026 so of course I did – it\u2019s my first race!
This Race For Life was at Stanmer Park, Brighton and it was great weather for it. It is NOT a serious race. I mean 5-10km is a serious distance but it\u2019s not meant to be angry faces, stereotypical sports macho crap. This is about having fun, being supportive of each other, and having a great day. If you don\u2019t want to do that then don\u2019t take part!
For the first 10 metres I was leading the race and then I ran out of steam as the initial incline started to raise and went pack down the pack. It was intentional as I wanted to be able to say I was in the lead on my first race but let\u2019s be honest, that was the only opportunity that was gonna happen \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stanmer Park is beautiful but hilly – the first 1km has 58m of elevation, followed by another 18 in the 2nd km! Do bear that in mind if you do want to take part it\u2019s quite a physical 10km! You do go back downhill in the second part. One lap is 5km so for the 10km you do two laps. Anyhow for my first race I was happy with my average pace of 6:47\/km and time of 1:08:36 and I finished in top half of competitors still so I\u2019m good with that \ud83d\ude02 <\/p>\n\n\n
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Everyone taking part did wonderfully and it was great to see The Beautiful One and her friend cross over the line too! Well done!
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