Cadiz Milkwood 10km Run

Yesterday saw my début as a club runner. I have been running since late 2005 and resisted the pressure to join a club until this year, when it almost seemed silly NOT to. So as part of an entry special for the Gun Run in Oct I joined AAC . I finally went to register and got my license and kit a couple of weeks ago, and even went to a social - which was admittedly fun. I entered 3x 10km races once I had my license number.

The first of these being the Milkwood 10km in Kommetjie yesterday. I shied away from the Half Marathon because it's quite a drive to get there and the Half starts too early (I am lazy like that!) and opted for the more civilised 10km at 7am, off I went and managed to get there just i time. I was not impressed with the horrendous wind. It was about 30km/h and pretty relentless. It was one of those races where I wonder what I am doing there because nothing about it seems like a good idea or fun. Still I had no real excuses and told myself I'd be glad I did it in the end. So off I went. I've done this race 2-3 times before (when it was in May) and this time they reversed the route. So we had to run 2km into a howling head wind and then UP a mountain with a howling cross wind! Thankfully there is also a nice downhill section to get off the mountain again and then the last 2-3km was again into a howling head-wind. Argh. 

So although my goal these days is to break 50-mins for  10km it was not to be, but I was satisfied with my finish of just over 50 mins, deciding it was 'decent'.

Until I checked the results this morning... WooHoo! Lookie here... I was 9^th female to finish the 10km. I had no idea!

Pos	Athlete Details
Over all	Age	M/F	Cat	Name	Surname	Final times
11	50	F	(50-59)	Mariette	Strauss	00:43:17
14	24	F	Open	Keri	Halliday	00:43:32
22	45	F	(40-49)	Jana	Trojan	00:45:54
26	26	F	Open	Kirsten	Sims	00:46:28
29	21	F	Open	Claire	Brayshay	00:46:43
37	30	F	Open	Saretti	Van Der Heever	00:48:27
38	47	F	(40-49)	Charlotte	Noble	00:48:29
47	42	F	(40-49)	Helga	Louw	00:50:19
48	38	F	Open	Jane	Fraser	00:50:39
53	16	F	Open	Londeka	Miya	00:51:29

Cadiz Milkwood 10km Top 100
04 March 2013

I didn't think I had done particularly well at all! But that winning time is way slower than usual (top female is usually 33-35 mins) so seems everyone was slower than usual.)