It was a glorious night to get things under way, 26 degrees on the way there and clear blue skies. After collecting our numbers at the village hall Falkland, all runners jogged the mile to the start. And as I apologised to Julie for including her AKA on the blog, she declared “well actually, I’ve forgotten my watch tonight”...yes, it was true!! Anyway, 180 runners lined up for a downhill start. The first and last mile was on the road, but the route was a complete mixture of WHW surfaces to the log jam at Chatelherault (2 log jams actually, back to back) very undulating and difficult to pass on many parts through the woods. I got off to a fast start and thought that Julie will struggle to keep at this pace. Spoke too soon, 15 minutes later, Julie sails past. I guess that it was the same for everyone and we all started fast. Luckily I managed to make use of a nice long downhill before hitting the road again and managed to make up some ground. We were all glad to get the first one under our belts.
Results – Julies sister, Louise 6 th female 36.30 (56th overall) Julie 12th female 37.41 (67th overall), George 38.15 (73rd overall)
Distance recorded at about 4.8 mile.
George
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