I don't tend to do many road races these days, but when I saw that my old running club was hosting the Werrington 10k on the same weekend as our arrival in the UK prior to the World Championships, I ended up registering for the race. At the start of the year, I set myself 10 goals for the year, one of which was to run a sub 45 minutes 10k. My PR for 10k was set many years ago and stands at 37.06 so there was no point in aiming for a PR - I'm unable to run anywhere near that kind of pace these days - and in all honesty, even 45 minutes is a push given that I train for much longer races these days. But having a goal keeps me motivated and so going into Werrington, I thought it would be a good opportunity to give it another try (I'd ran the St Albert 10k and the Hypothermic 10k earlier in the year, and had ran around 46 minutes for both). One thing to note is that Staffordshire is not flat, and that the roads around Werrington are definitely undulating if not hilly. Going sub...