I did the Baker Hughes last year without much training, however I was reasonably fit from playing football fairly regularly. Anyway, got 48 minutes, but feel like I could have done a lot better. I totally got the bug for it after this race (my first ever). Unfortunetly a series of ankle injuries and achilles tendonitis put my out for almost the rest of the year, and I haven't bothered my arse through the winter. Training start for this year's Baker Hughes tonight. I think it's realistic to get under 45 minutes - with a structured training schedule - and then try and enter a few more races throughout the year. I think my lack of fitness will have me back down at a ~55minute pace, so a bit of work to do certainly. My target was set my my new years resolution to get below 40 minutes before then end of 2014, so we'll see how that goes. I've always played rugby and football throughout my life and competed in 100m and 200m between the ages of 14-16 (100m pb of 11.6 at 16) so the biggest challenge, as Woods highlighted, is maintaining a decent pace and not falling into the trap of running too fast. Now that I'm shying more and more away from team sports, it'll be good to have another sporting endeavour. i really like 10ks, so I think I'll stick to that as a distance. My girlfriend does the Aviemore half marathon every year too, so I'll probably enter that with her.