It was a deceptively nice morning but as we'd seen the forecast both of us were kitted out with trail shoes which was to prove a wise decision. A very brief warm up followed by a soggy race brief and we were off. We more or less ran together until the first of two hills on the route, less than a mile in, where I started walking. I had decided in advance to do this as I knew my quads were in no shape for hard work and planned to save them for the downhills. As a result Billy was soon out of sight and although, as he told me later, he walked much of the later, bigger hill I wasn't to see him again until I heard his shouts of encouragement as I approached the finish line. Twice during the race I had to stop and tie my laces, a different foot each time - what a complete beginner others must have thought. A first at my age, never before have both laces come undone during an event - I'll hang my head in shame!
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| As Gordon commented on facebook, Jack and Victor's day out - I guess I would be Victor |
The race winners were Katie White of Garscube Harriers in a new course record of 57.40 and 5th place overall and Matthew Hunter, unattached in 54.55.
As an aside this race puts on one of the better post-race spreads - not a patch on ours of course but very enjoyable all the same. Come along and sample it yourselves next year, if you can get an entry that is - it's sells out fast.
1 comment:
Great to see you both out taking part in this race. I had never heard of it before so it was good to read about something new. I must admit that is an important criteria I look for these days - a good post-race spread!
Julie
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