It was a damp old morning when I pulled it in Newport stadium, It was raining and the attached building was rammed full of the runners not wanted to get pre race wet!
What was it like?
Well the race was all pretty flat (as promised) and generally took you through a fairly rural setting, lots of fields (and associated smells). Roads were marshaled well, but for the most part open. Surface was nice and even even if today puddles were plentiful! Sorry to the other runner I splashed at one point.
Crowding wasn't bad, usually plenty of room to get round people (or them get round me anyway!)
Anyone who has ever complained about headphone bans in road races, need to do this and witness the justification first hand.
Overall, a nice race! Well worth doing.
How did I do?
Well my ambitions were:
Would be nice, but maybe beyond me today:
1:10:00 (8:45 min/ml)
Achievable:
1:15:00 (9:22 min/ml)
Baseline:
1:20:00 (10 min/ml)
and I did...
Yeah, comfortable on all targets... and I was comfortable with my home 4 miles faster than my out 4. Good stuff
Thoughts:
I'm not sure how I misjudged this one, I'm happy with my time (official time was 1 second on top!) but wasn't really expecting to be that fast or that comfortable. Thios bodes well! This is a positive!
Until next time!
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