 Good morning. Welcome to film my run. We are at the Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit for the Chichester 10k today. Can I go sub 40? Well, let's find out. This is the story of a blagger, a reprehensible thief who is about to commit daylight robbery on the streets of Chichester. I'd only had five days notice that I was running the Chichester 10k and most of the previous week I'd been out of action with a cold or Man flu as my wife likes to call it My marathon training had taken a big hit as had my confidence. I Lined up surrounded by fit healthy well-trained athletes who had targeted this race months in advance and done all the necessary Work to get here and I felt like a cheat a con artist with no right to be on the start line Right, we've got five minutes to go before the start of the race. Do you know what? I 10ks for just a nightmare that they make you so nervous beforehand because you know, you've got to work really really hard and It's not like a 5k where it's over in a short space of time. It's like double a 5k. It's just Look, I'm gonna do my best and we'll see what happens It's not as though I even like running fast and I've not trained for a 10k. I don't know why I'm here Right, everybody loves 10ks. Don't they we love them more than five case because five cases too short And we love them more than marathons because marathons go on for bloody ever So let's do this thing to be fair it was a beautiful day with perfect conditions and we are off and Goodwood is my half marathon and marathon PB course. Here we go Titus is 10k Let's try and get as near to 40 as we can It's always important not to get dragged along by the over-enthusiasm at the start I spent the first kilometer trying to catch the 40-minute pacer up ahead One kilometer down 357 Goodwood is a wide open and mostly flat motor racing track Leaders Matt Leach and Sam Cousins were already way ahead of the field By two kilometers in I'd settled in behind the 40-minute pacer with my friend Paul and his son Matthew at 358 for kilometer number two sticking with Paul and Matthew and the 40-minute pacer up there I Don't usually like to run with a pacer because I don't often trust their ability to pace the run evenly But this guy was doing a great job 358 again locked in at three kilometers I was still managing to con myself and everyone else around me into believing I could do this as As we rounded the bend at the end of the first lap and headed out onto the narrower more enclosed roads I wondered how long I could maintain the facade Okay, that's 4k my watch ticked over a bit early then 354 I got for that but Maybe the GPS isn't quite right Yeah, we're doing all right 4k down If I'm going to run a sub three marathon in Paris a 40-minute 10k should feel hard but comfortable This was anything but My heart rate was already in zone 5 356 for kilometers of 5 We are halfway Chichester 10k Staying with the 40 pacer There he is Still on the road and over halfway in we ran past Victoria kilometer six 359 Really hurting there though It was at this point I started to see the 40-minute pacer and some of the other runners edging away I Told Matthew and Paul to go on as I struggled to hold on to the pace Right so I just low down there Four minutes for that kilometer at 7k done so there you go I'd done in The slightly undulating road was exposing my lack of fitness and I continued to fall behind Meanwhile Matt Leach broke the tape in 29 minutes 52 Sam Cousins grabbed second in just over 30 minutes and the other sub-elites started pouring into the finish Okay, 8k done 10 to go 408 for that kilometer Hopefully squeeze under 41 By now any thoughts of breaking 40 minutes had been extinguished I just wanted the end in whatever time I could muster from my increasingly lackluster legs Cassie Thorpe won the ladies race in 34 37 Quickly followed by Neon Brown and Lauren Hall in second and third nine kilometers 404 for that kilometer Only now at nine kilometers in and back on the smooth track. Did I look at my watch and think? I've been sick all week. I've done no training, but I might just be able to pull this off As other club mates cruised over the line I left the camera in my pocket and put everything into one final effort Matthew crossed the line in under 40 minutes Adam crossed the line and then me Well, I don't know if I've done it or not I Tired so much in the last 3k From 6k to 9k. I was done But the last K obviously back on the track Managed to just pull something out I was falling behind the 40 pacer for the last 4k and I just didn't think I could get it back But I might just have sneaked in there. I might just have got on the 40 I don't know but for a sub three marathon in eight weeks time That is borderline performance. So that was hard work and it should be It should be relatively comfortable if I'm going to do a sub three marathon. So it was his work to do That's for sure Thank you very much indeed. Thank you There we are the chitchat of 10k medal that was 10k is a hard work. They're hard work How do you get on 43 and a half so 43 and a half forever. Is that a good time for you average average? Okay, okay 38 58 okay. What's kind of same as me a minute a minute later then. So not the same with you Once I've got myself together. I checked the official race results Had I done it? Had I managed to steal this from the jaws of defeat? Had I managed to blag a sub 40 minute 10k? Hello Leslie, how'd you do? It is horrible, isn't it? It is hilarious how we always say that 10k's are awful I'm sure the race organizers don't want us to say Doing your 10k is awful. Chichester 10k was really really good And we enter these things because we enjoy them really we just say that we hate them They're just hard work, aren't they? Did you did you get under 50 minutes? Oh look at that Matt and me ran together at Brighton 10k and what did you get in Brighton Matt? I got 40 minutes and 50 seconds 40 minutes and 50 seconds and what did you get today? I got um 39 minutes and 30 seconds 39 minutes and 30 fantastic work well done Matthew I was trying to hang on to the back of these two just by 6k. I just was falling away, but uh Brilliant job by Matt Proud dad moment. Yeah, proud dad Peyton Matthews It's your first time 40 Brilliant, how are we gonna today? In a time that's 29 minutes and 52 seconds Please put your hands together for Matt and Lee Lee today's first runner across the line the first runner in a role-based event We've got under 30 minutes. Gav is absolutely beaming about it Absolutely brilliant Pretty good, yeah it was a really nice course It was super fun running on the on the circuit here and yeah pleased with the effort and the win What were you hoping for coming into the race was sub 30 your goal? Uh, yeah, I was hoping to get a hard effort, but definitely sub 30 was um was in my mind and When I hit 9k uh It was around like 27 I knew I kind of had to push it a bit for the last k but at least that I got the sub 30 in the end Cassie Hi Cassie, so just under 35 minutes. What is your pb for a 10k? It's 427 so you're quite that today, but he's still happy with the time How is your preparation coming into the race? Yeah, pretty decent. He's got some good miles in. I think I've got easily next, so I'm looking forward to that one as well So Matt Leage quality runner, so he has actually gone under 29 on the track So when he was on the start list, I thought he was going to go close Especially with the conditions. I don't think he's in his tip-top shape, but sub 30 was definitely achievable for him And then your namesake scott cousins also running a pb and a club record for his club in second place very quickly We've got to talk about your sub 40 So I know what were you expecting from me today gaff? Um, well drama. There was a lot of drama. I saw you rolling around at the finish and I know you struggled to get into top gear these days because most of yourself is sub-maximal Go for as long as possible So did you hit top gear? I think you No, I put absolutely everything into that last one. Did you find gears you didn't know you had? Yeah, exactly. Yeah I'm very pleased with that today. Yeah, I know that's a big benchmark for you guys Going back up the 40 so well done Right that is it from the chichester 10k official time 39 55 I am absolutely Over the moon with that that is the best time I could possibly hope for given that I've been ill the past five days so only just coming back from illness And I really haven't trained for this although obviously I am training for a marathon and I am training to get faster So I'm really pleased with that time if you would like to watch the last time I attempted a sub 40 10k Then click that link right there and we'll see you on the start line for the next one next time. Bye. Bye