Greenock Road Mile

Pass the salt, I just dipped under 4. Well it happened I got my body to cover 1 mile in under 4 minutes, and I still lost. This race in Glasgow has always being quite fast. Chris Mackay and Ali Hay dipped under 4 minutes in 2009, and last year lots of guys got very close to the 4minute barrier again. I have wanted to run in the past two years but couldn't with exams, so I was delighted to make it this year. 

Run along the esplanade this years course was ran in the opposite direction to the previous two years, which meant we had a slight uphill finish which didn't help. I thought it would seem longer than it actually was because we were running in more or less a straight line for a mile, but it flew past.

I was feeling pretty good through the first 400, but then at half way I certainly wasn't comfortable, and when Derek and Chris started to pull away from me I though my race was over. the lads got a few metres on me and I battled through to 1200m just adrift of them. With the finish in sight I tried my best to get back in touch with Chris and Derek, but couldn't and it wasn't until the last 100m I actually caught Derek.

A great race and certainly an awful lot better than just doing another track session by myself. Although I am under no illusions that it's a sub 4 in the true meaning of the term, it's still quite nice to know I'm in decent enough shape, after the past 6-7 weeks.

Results

C. Mackay - 3.57
D. Mulhare - 3.59
D. Hawkins - 3.59
C. Ruddy - 4.09
M. Pollard - 4.11