Stuart D reports....
On Thursday 14th September I travelled down to Romsey in Hampshire with 3 colleagues to represent Gloucestershire Police in the Police Sport UK 10 Mile Road Race. We travelled down in torrential rain but fortunately arrived to better weather. A large field of over 400 entries from forces all over the country took the start of a 2 lap course run in the grounds of a stately home. I decided after recent races (which resulted in poor results!!) to start a little slower but still managed a sub 7 minute first mile. After a first lap of 35:50s i managed to pick up the pace and ran comfortably for the final lap. A final mile of 6:25s saw me complete in a time of 70:20s and a placing of 122nd. Although just outside my PB it was by far one of my best runs this year.
That said......I have stiil got a bit more training to do to catch the winner who did a time of 52:03s!!! A pint of local bitter (no I wasn't driving!!) and a pork roll wrapped up the proceedings very nicely.