Hull 10K

I had never been to Hull before and my first visit was for the Jane Tomlinson 10k. After arriving at the hotel we had a nice walk around the City and found the start of the run and the 5k point near The Deep. The weather was ok after a really rainy start to the day and the city looked nice too. As we headed back to the hotel we bumped into Luke Campbell's Gold Phone box he had painted after his win at London 2012.

The following morning was the day for the 10k and Luke Campbell started the race before jumping in to run it himself. Unfortunately he beat me by about 5 minutes, then again he is an Olympic gold medal winner.

The weather started off really nice for the run, by 2km in it got hotter and hotter. I was thinking "bring on the 5km point by the Humber for a nice cool breeze" well that didn't happen, it just got hotter still. At 8.5km I was just on target for a sub 45minute 10km which is my goal for the year. Unfortunately I think the heat got to my and the last 1.5km I ran out of energy finishing in 45 minutes and 46 seconds. After crossing the finish line I felt shocking!!! I think I was totally drained of energy and dehydrated.



Before the 10km



Nearly at the end!



Chilling in the park after the run, sweating like a beast!

 After a quick shower back at the hotel we made the most of the day and visited The Deep where we realised we was standing next to Jade Etherington but we didn't want to disturb her day out by asking for a photo. We then went to Luke Campells Gold Post Box, KC Stadium, the headed over the Humber Bridge to Cleethorpes for a walk along the beach and a game of crazy golf. I will admit I lost at crazy golf in a game the my Mum recorded her 1st and 2nd ever hole-in-one.

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That's now 3 races down, 9 to go for Cancer Research UK in 2014.

Derby 10k - 45:11
Awsworth 5k - 22:20
Hull 10k - 45:46
Wollaton 10k
Nottingham Colour Blast 5k - (Cancelled so I've replaced it with the event below.)
Twin Peaks Midnight Walk - 8k.
Leeds 10k
York 10k
Birmingham Color Run 5k
Isle of Wight Challenge 56k
Wild Warrior 10k
Robin Hood Half Marathon 21k
Men's Health Challenge Nottingham 12k

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