So blooming near...

Yesterday I took part in the Dinosaur 10K - a 10K road race in Deal - on what felt like the hottest day of the summer so far. I have to say I was a bit worried going in to it, mainly as I'd had a dream the night before where I'd missed the start of a race and had to run to try and catch up with everyone else which proper freaked me out. Everyone was really lovely though - even though they were all 'proper runners' and I felt totally out of my depth! And yes, I did get overtaken by someone old enough to be my grandad who made me look like I was standing still - at least he wasn't in a banana costume though!

I finished in 1 hour 1 minute and 1 second, according to the official results - just outside my target of under 1 hour. Although I was a bit gutted that I missed my aim by such a small margin, I'm still pretty pleased with the way it all went considering there was a never-ending hill in the course and even the spectators were sweating buckets. And I have never been so grateful that the Great North Run is held in October and (barring freak weather) should at least be slightly cooler than yesterday was!