Kingston Breakfast Run

Today I ran the Kingston Breakfast Run which is organised by Human Race Events.  You could either run the 8.2miles course or the 16miles course. I took part in the 16 miles race which started at 8.35am!

It was an early start for me, as we all know the clocks went forward so we lost one hour sleep! I went to bed early last night, a little worried about whether I would have the lower abdomen pains this morning. Ever since the Reading half last week I have been suffering with lower abdomen pains, this morning I took two ibuprofens as a precaution and luckily I had no pains. However this was cramp week (I suffer from strange stomach cramps two weeks in a month, which occur within the first 10 mins of any run, leaving me doubled up and in a lot of pain.) To avoid this happening during the run, I did a little warm run and let the cramp happen before the start of the race! Have to say bodies are strange things.

The race began, it was staggered starts with the 8.2 mile runners starting off first, the sub 2 hours runners setting of next and the others with over sub 2 hours start going last. I was in this group at the end.

This felt completely different from last week where I was stressed, not focused, and worried about time. I didn’t worry about my time at all this run; this was a simple warm up run before the London marathon day. No PB’s to beat, no time in mind; it was just a case of getting around.

And get around I did, the run took my 2hrs and 24 minutes to complete. Apart from the sole of my feet hurting I found the run comfortable and enjoyable, I thought two laps of the same course would be a struggle! In fact I enjoyed running the first course and then looked forward to running the last 8 miles! It was nice to be among runners who were also pacing themselves and also my trainer ran beside me most of the course and it really helped the miles tick away quicker.

I was extremely happy to reach the end, it was a well organised event and I loved my Mug I got at the end! I’m now in a position where I feel comfortable for the marathon. It was good to run at a marathon pace today, although I don’t see myself running this pace on the day but it was a nice treat!

Thank you to Human Race events for the great event! I’m looking forward to the pictures, as I tried to smile at the smile zones.

Now I’m tapering off till Marathon day, it’s a nice feeling but also I’m not sure how I’ll fill my time if I’m reducing my training!

Good luck to all the runners and well done to all the runners at the Breakfast run today.

I'm running the Virgin London Marathon on behalf of the Miscarriage Association  http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/PavanjeetKhaira