North Tyneside 10K

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Katy Walton

Seeing the number of Striders who took part in the 2013 North Tyneside 10k and the internal surge of ‘oh I wish I had ran it’ I decided to book this race early. Greta mentioned this was one of her favourite 10k races which confirmed I had made the right decision in entering it.

A fantastic day for a race and as our purple diluted the crowds once again a mega turn out from the club.

This race was not chipped so at the start I tried to get as far forward as possible, starting next to fellow Strider Gareth who was looking for his competition Rob. My race plan was to pace myself at around 7.05, this would certainly test me, but with my new racing flats I was in a positive mind.

The race started very fast, straight away you head down hill, people flew past me and I decided to let go a little as my aching quads from Fridays trek hurt when I applied the breaks. On reaching the bottom I put the pace back on track. Jon Stead ran past looking strong and away he weaved into front racers.

On reaching the dockside it was apparent that the wind was going to prove the enemy in this race hitting us runners head on, I decided to hide behind several taller runners but they seemed to be running a different pace, so after about two miles decided to tough up and face the wind alone head on.

The North Tyneside 10K, as seen from South Tyneside by Nigel, hopelessly off-route, and conspicuous in his absence from the results.

There was one hill during the race which was short but rather steep and placed early on so it was good to get it out of the way.

At mile three I plodded forward, overtaking some people which certainly increased my positive mind set. I was wanting to possibly speed up after mile 4 but I found I lacked the power to achieve this so continued as I were.

At mile five the onlookers clapping the runners lined the road, the support was fantastic. The lighthouse was in sight, I was about 200 metres behind Jon Stead, I was trying to catch him up but he seemed to maintain his original quick pace and the gap did not change.

At 200 metres to go shouts from the vast supporting Striders was energising and so lovely to hear, it certainly pushes you at that vital moment. As I ran down the last hundred metres I could see the clock ticking 43.50……..43.51…… I pushed and pushed and over the line I went. My garmin read 44.02, kicking myself because I was so close to under 44 which was what I wanted, but pleased that I had beaten my previous 10k pb. Superb running from all striders, plus a duel between Gareth and Rob and also a huge pb from Anita.

Results

Pos Name Club Cat CatPos Time
1 Carl SMITH Leeds City M 0:32:07
44 Deborah APPLETON Havering Mayesbrook AC F 0:37:58
248 Jonathon STEED M 0:43:17
296 Katy WALTON F 0:44:01
346 Richard HALL M 0:44:59
500 Richard HOCKIN M 0:47:25
624 Mark DUNSEITH M 0:49:13
706 David SPENCE M 0:50:12
717 Greta JONES F 0:50:21
745 Brian FORD M 0:50:41
920 Stephen ELLIS M 0:53:07
921 Lindsay RODGERS M 0:53:08
935 Melanie HUDSON F 0:53:22
946 Dave ROBSON M 0:53:30
967 Jacquie ROBSON F 0:53:45
1114 Kirsty ANDERSON F 0:55:26
1241 Robert CLARK M 0:57:07
1258 Sophie DENNIS F 0:57:18
1286 Angela COATES F 0:57:43
1287 Paul PASCOE M 0:57:44
1341 Joanne PORTER F 0:58:50
1437 Kelly COLLIER F 1:00:32
1462 Kathleen BELLAMY F 1:01:03
1483 Derek TOWERS M 1:01:28
1504 Kerry LISTER F 1:02:00
1596 Mike ELLIOTT M 1:04:20
1644 Anita DUNSEITH F 1:05:34
1738 Helen PAGE F 1:09:55
1773 Sue JENNINGS F 1:11:40

1839 finishers

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