Mark Armstrong: A Reedham PB, a strong finish… and still room to improve

Mark Armstrong Fri, 23 January 2026 at 6:00 am UTC·5 min read A personal best… so I should be happy, right? That was the slightly confused feeling I had at the finish line of the Reedham 10 on Sunday. To anyone that asked me what I was aiming for before the race, I replied: “Somewhere around 63/64 minutes…”Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Runner translation: I’d quite like 63-something, but I’ll say 64 out loud so I don’t jinx it. In the end, I ran 64:48. Let’s not dress it up – that’s far closer to 65 than 63. On paper, though, it’s a cracking result: a one minute 52 second PB, beating last year’s Reedham time on the same course. That’s a big chunk of time over 10 miles. If someone...