Back from travelling and straight into racing did not make for a fast time at the Night of the 10,000m PBs - but it does make for a wonderful night. Watching, cheering, or running - what did the weekend hold for you?
I’m paying my penance today for a hell of a lot of travel, and a late night on Saturday. Sore throat, streaming cold, and generally feeling sorry for myself. But what a late night it was. This time last year I wrote about watching the wonderful Night of the 10,000m PBs event on Parliament Hill athletics track - this year, I actually got to run in it.
This fantastic event, put on by Ben Pochee (who deserves a knighthood for services to athletics) comprises a series of 10k races - 25 laps of the track. From pedestrian pacers like myself through to the A races of the night, which stand as qualifying events for the World Athletics Championships, everyone is out there slogging their guts out round that 400m track. The crowd stands incredibly close, in lane three, cheering and drinking beer/ prosecco, and the atmosphere is electric. In times of dwindling attendances, Ben is showing that athletics can still be crowd-puller.
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