Polaroid Series – Dumbarton 10k

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Disaster at Dumbarton – 3rd June 2010

With a course which is almost entirely flat, the Dumbarton 10k has a reputation for producing fast times…but not tonight. No joyous news of PBs in the immediate aftermath, despite good conditions. Various excuses were cited, from "too warm" to "ash cloud" and "coalition government", but mostly, heads were scratched….

Captain Chris was racing again, ‘fresh’ from the Kilpatricks the night before. After about 2km, I managed to catch up with him, and we tagged along with Garscube’s Lesley Chisholm up to 5k at Dunglass Roundabout, taking around 18:40 to that point…and then it went horribly wrong!

Chris and I both got dropped, and recorded slower times than last week at Clydebank. Chris was home in 38:06 while I slid backwards, caused a stench, and was a general disgrace to the club vest, coming home a minute later. No, I don’t know what went wrong either, but it’s Not Good Enough, and Simply Won’t Do. Some tough training sessions in prospect.

The final insult was the text from the chip timing system saying I’d finished in 58 mins something (other people also reported mix-ups). While I did run like a cow, I wasn’t that bad. It was a bit of a kick in the stones, which was perhaps a timely reminder as I had just gone to check that I still had nuts after such an appalling second half.

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