The East Coast 10k was the last race in the Sportlink 10k series. Having ran 6 of the races I decided to do this one as your 7 best results out of the 9 races counted (really just to see where I could finish in age group).
Managing to get in via the waiting list after they added extra places gave me the chance of another run I had never done. Nita, Emily and Rob were entered and Paula made it a nap hand via the waiting list.
Accepting a lift from Paula we made our way to Great Yarmouth. Parking was easy enough on the road side which was free. Funny enough Rob turned up at the same time and parked behind us.
Making our way to the Marina centre and registration the rain started, much to Paula’s delight(!).
Once inside the queues were quite long but registration was fairly swift. With well over 1000 entrants and the rain outside the hall was fairly crowded.
Making our way out for the start however was very busy and no clear indication of the start or predicted time zones.
The five of us found ourselves well towards the back. Realising this Paula, Rob, and myself try to make our way forward a bit. Whilst doing this we found the race had started and we were well over 1-2 minutes crossing the line. This made the first 1k a bit of weaving through slower runners for us.
The route led along the road side of the prom for approximately 1k past the pleasure beach before turning towards the sea and running beach side of the prom northwards. Around 4.5k it turned back to the road and then ran southwards passing the Marina Centre and the Pleasure Beach to retrace the first 1.5k. The race finishing back past the Marina Centre on the sea side of the Prom.
A nice flat route but probably too big a field for the course. However we all achieved good times which we were pleased with.
| Rob J | 47.03 | |
| Paul W | 47.12 | |
| Paula S | 50.13 | |
| Nita | 1.00.51 | |
| Emily J | 1.09.15 | (PB) |
Personally a positive run and time, seeing me finish in 5th place in my age group for the Sportlink 10k series.
Report by Paul W