Yesterday nearly all of the SimpleUsability team ran in the Leeds 10K.
We are a mixed group, from those who have run marathons and half-marathons to those who have never run a distance race and done no training.
I ran my first distance race last November, the Abbey Dash 10K in Leeds. I trained for it with Motiv8 and Chris there did a damn good job. I achieved a time of of 50m30s. Since then I have tried to keep up the running and improve my general fitness level. When we signed up for this one I wanted to better that time; the route is almost identical. However, carrying an injury I was just please to finish. My time of 1h12m19s isn’t too bad. Today my left leg feels tight, but that’s not a problem. The team all did well, Judith was the fastest and Mark )who had done no training) was only minutes behind me.
Of course, once you can run, you can also skate! So, with the run as a warm up for the day, I went to Skateful Dead training in the afternoon.
This was the last (normal) session before the European Championships next weekend! (I say normal as we are planning an extra session on Wednesday at Futsal in Cottingley – it’s the same type of floor as we’ll be playing on in Birmingham.)
It was back on skates, but aware that I needed to be a little careful. The team are great, they also took care not to hit too hard – at least before the scrimmage. The session started with a new endurance exercise, which lasted ten minutes. Then we recapped some of the blocking and jamming techniques that we have learnt over the past months.
The scrimmage was fun. It was the first time I’d worn my “bum savers” and I have to say they work really well. I got knocked over quite a few times, but they do a really good job of protecting my, very boney, hips. Special mention to Adam for knocking me off track when I was jamming then running back to test my “cutting track” knowledge. Lawrence for being a cheeky git and asking so politely to be allowed past – I let him through when I should have blocked him. Fool!
Really good session and today my leg is no worse than it was before yesterday :-)