Beckley 10k Race Report

Posted on behalf of Nicola Morris…

While many of you were competing in the club road race champs, I took myself down to the Beckley 10k this morning.

I had entered a while ago with the aim of finding a flat ish 10k in early autumn to try to banish the memories of a series of terrible 10k races in the heatwave summer this year. Note to self - before entering a flat ish 10k, best to check the route description and elevation profile of the race - which I only did a few days ago - and found to my horror that it was described as "undulating" and "hilly". In fact by last night I had got myself so worried that I had developed a niggle in my hamstring which I was certain I should not make worse by racing on it this weekend.

However having used the race as an excuse for taking it easy at parkrun, and told a number of you that I had entered, I persuaded myself to go and just "try to enjoy it"!

And to my surprise, I actually did! It is a great little race along quiet country lanes and yes there are some hills - and I did spend most of the downs wondering when the next up would be but it was a lovely route with a nice downhill finish.

I would say that 80% of the entrants were from Hastings Runners who pretty much swept the board - maybe the clash with the Crowborough 10k impacted numbers - but on the plus side there were NO QUEUES for the toilets at all!!! I'd definitely put this on the list for next year's club grand prix - if nothing else to give Hastings Runners some competition to think about.

Winner - Louis Dargan 33:50

First Woman - Amy Rodway 43:06

Nicola Morris 51:17 - 8th woman and second F55