Last Minute Change

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Last night saw the start of this year's Mota-vation Series; monthly 4-ish mile races around Oxfordshire.

I was a bit tight from my 800m race the day before but was just going to see what I could do.

Unfortunately a car accident on the course meant organisers had to delay the start and the make a last minute revision to the course.

It meant instead of being just a touch over 4 miles, we'd be racing over 5.2 miles. Not quite what my tired legs were after!

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They shouted at me almost the whole way round so much that my legs just couldn't drive as hard as I was hoping - my heart rate was around 10bpm lower than normal for that type of race.

Fortunately an experienced club mate who was marshalling reminded me with just under a mile to go to push and hurt all the way to the finish.

I overtook 4 people almost straight away and I was surprised how much I could find.

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It ended up as my fastest run over that distance so got to be happy with that!