And the winner is......

....... not me!

I'll end this series of "And the winner is" because I didn't win tonight!

However, it was never about winning, it was about no pain.

It was our monthly handicap at running club tonight and after pulling out of the race on Sunday I just wanted to get round in as little pain as possible.

I've given my Achilles tendon intensive treatment since Sunday and it was feeling much better.

So I gave it a go.

After a mile I was running well so I kept going.
After 2, still good and running better.

As I neared the finish I was catching and passing people.

Then I heard a voice telling me he was going to catch me.

"Like He'll you are!" I thought, and pushed on to finish second.

Just under 7k in 35:03. I'll take that but more important than the time was no pain and no adverse reaction since.

Happy days.