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Lee who has been competing in many local races in Doncaster since taking up running at the age of 36 saw a great opportunity to test himself and enter a 5k race in Las Vegas.
Lee who is a member of Doncaster Athletics has been training around 70 miles per week following a set training programme from his coach and current runner Samuel Roberts.
Lee had just completed a solid training week prior to going to Vegas and had completed a 100 miles week of training.
After the 10 and half hours flight to get there and the 8 hours behind UK time fatigue was taking its toll.
After three days after arriving in Las Vegas the race had arrived and Lee was there on the start line with over 4500 other athletes.
The gun had gone and I found myself taking the lead straight away staying with the pacer on the bike.
The first mile had passed and I had gone threw the first mile in under 5mins.
Just after the mile I was over taken by a local Las Vegas runner that had competed in this race many times before.
The rest of the race was me running all solo and no pack to run with. I knew from the gap I had gained that there wasn’t any danger of any of the runners behind catching or closing the gap so I maintained the pace and stuck to the game plan.
I managed to cross the finish line taking the 2nd spot and the first British runner too.
Hoping to maybe go back again next year and take on Las Vegas again.
