2024 Burton 10k
Its been almost a year since my last race and as it happens it was at the same venue - the Burton 10k. I defied expectations last year and had a strong race, winning in a time of 32.44 and strangely faster than in 2019 (32.56) and only a few seconds adrift of 2017 (32.38). Over the last 12 months I have sensed that I have slipped a bit, I'm about 10 lbs heavier and a year older. As each year now passes it becomes more and more difficult to hold onto what I had in the past, and recovery from exertions becomes that little more difficult. My fitness this year has deteriorated. Since the Spine Race I struggled with a knee injury and my back issues continue to ebb and flow. I only started to run again properly at the end of May and although I've had a decent block of training since, I've been reluctant to put any hard sessions in due to injury risk, instead concentrating on volume. Obviously its these sessions that have the most gain, particularly when it comes to shorter