It was the Great Manchester 10km Run at the weekend and I ran it again – 3rd time in a row. I finished in 56 min 49 seconds. I thought I actually would have beat my last years time (53m35s) as I didnt actually stop to walk at all – although at some points I was not running that fast. Not too pleased and disappointed with the time! I have abit of excuse because it was windy on the way back into the city centre!! Even Haile Gebrselassie slowed down and was not able to beat the world record.
Last year I stopped a couple times and the year before (finished in 51m 3s) I even stopped for a loo and stopped to walk at least once. Not idea how I ran that fast!!
Looking at all the stats they provide I am about 20 seconds per km slower than last year!! Going to need to train more!! I plan to continue doing more running from now rather than a few months before the run.
Several friends also ran the race. Almost everyone who ran it last year actually improved their time but I still beat everyone I knew who entered. The way things are going though next year will be over an hour 
Anyway, thanks for everyone who sponsored me!! I raised £200 (+ gift aid) and thats just the online sponsoring. Its not too late to sponsor me if you want – www.justgiving.com/andrewyee
The weekend was very much a sport weekend for Manchester with the mini Manchester run on Saturday and then later on Sunday afternoon, a special 150m sprint event. The final included the amazing Usain Bolt. I think 150m was not an “official” distance for record books but he ran in 150m in about 14 seconds – the fastest ever. Considering he was not 100% (was in a car accident a few weeks ago) and the conditions were not great it was amazing!!
I was thinking of going to watch it as it was only nearby to me on Deansgate but was aching from the run and it was chucking it down with rain!! By the time, Usain ran in the final it had stopped raining but by then would have been too late for me to watch it live so just watched on TV.
(Also, on Sunday was a special Wimbledon event. Centre court now has a roof so play wont be stopped all day if it rains. It had a special mixed doubles match with Andre Agassi/Steffi Graf v Tim Henmen/Kim Clijster. I saw the end of the match – I thought it was live but while watching the show and the closing of the roof etc it showed the match and was suddenly 8 games in?? There was another game with Tim v Andre and Kim v Steffi – not sure who won as I watched the athletics and highlights of the 10k.
Tags: great manchester run, wimbledon
