Blowing Up
The title says it all, as I experienced my first blow out during the Trotters 5 on Sunday morning. After all my racing last weekend and a decent but not over tiring training week of 30 ish miles, I felt in decent shape to race, especially as I opted out of racing the fast & flat Podium 5k on Saturday night. I ran the Trotters 5 last year, but, due to building work around the area/course, they had decided to reverse the route, therefore also slightly extending it to a 5.25 mile race consisting of 2 laps. It was a tougher course in general too, about a minute slower on times from last year, apparently. I did beat my time from last year but I expected that anyway. I started well and my first 2 mile split times were really on the money in terms of my pace, running a 7:20 which was mostly up hill then a 6:55 the following mile. I felt good and my time was well on course for my pre-race aim. Then it was actually coming off the back of a downhill, w...