Liverpool 10k

I will be perfectly honest, I did this race for the brown envelop at the end of the race!  We put all those miles in and hard sessions so sometimes its nice to get a bit of money every now and again it makes it worthwhile!  Particularly as I am now down to 1 day a week in work. 

The race went well though, but the conditions where so bad, it didn't stop raining the whole race and as a result the 1^st 100m and last 800m on the grass where so wet and turned up.  If the weather carries on the Euro Trails in Sefton Park are going to be a bloody nightmare, it's already like a bog.  I'm pretty sure the k markers were way out on the way round, my 1^st k was 3:08, then 6:16 through 2k, the next one I got was 15:25 at half way.  It was quite twisty and turny but I crossed the line in 29:58 on my watch and Dave's watch and the commentator even said it was sub 30 but unfortunately they gave me 30:00! Gutted.  29:xx sounds so much better than 30:xx but not to worry.  I took over 30secs off my time from last year and went on to take over a minute off at Leeds a few weeks later so if I can do that again this year I will be made up!  Another pb for Soph as well, it's becoming an annoying habit now, she came 3^rd in 38:16. 

Results

Jonny Mellor 30:00

John McCole 31:57

Ben Russell 33:21

Start of the Liverpool 10k, image Gareth Jones of the Liverpool Echo.