Newburn River Run 18/06/08

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Did last nights Elswick harriers newburn river run around flat trails on the banks of the Tyne.The race was 10.5k or 6.5 miles and it was a blustery outward 3 miles.I once again fell into the trap of setting out too quick doing mile 1 in 5.15 but settled in the next 2 passing 3 in 16.43 but as we turned back on ourselves i had a bad 1.5 mile stretch and was past by 5 lads and was really fighting all the way to the end and although i beat my target of 38.30 by 30 seconds exactly i felt as i reviewed the results i was beating quite a few of these lads ahead last year but pehaps as i have done mostly fell races this year im very strong but lack the cutting edge needed for these fast races.After Sundays East Kilbride Half Marathon where i have set a modest sub 1.19 target i intend to really work hard on my speed building up to the Sunderland 5k (23/07) then the Graet Wales 10k (27/07).

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