A nice little trundle around the Uni campus, wreathed in nostalgia for me, as this was where I went to uni. And it was at a very civilised hour of day too, an uncommon finding for races - it started at 11:30. Nice.
Having been suffering with a rather stinking cold over the last week, I decided that an all-out race was definitely not going to be on. Vixx wanted to get sub-30, so I stuck with her and we got round in 29:18. Lovely weather and a nice pleasant course, nothing too "up", nothing too "down".
One to do again next year, I feel.
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Medal #19 - The Birmingham Half Marathon, 11th October 2009.
It was cool and drizzly for the second Birmingham Half Mara last week.
So drizzly, in fact, that I had to stop three times to wipe my glasses. There is something about heavy drizzle that is much worse than out-and-out rain for specs wearers; the drizzle seems to manage to obscure your vision much more effectively than mere rain can.
I also got rather wet.
I forgot to take my usual paracetamol before starting the run, too, so by mile 11 I'd really had enough and wanted to go home! However, I was rather pleased to come in with a time that equals my PB, which, considering I wasn't able to train as well as I would have liked for this event, was fair enough in my book.
So drizzly, in fact, that I had to stop three times to wipe my glasses. There is something about heavy drizzle that is much worse than out-and-out rain for specs wearers; the drizzle seems to manage to obscure your vision much more effectively than mere rain can.
I also got rather wet.
I forgot to take my usual paracetamol before starting the run, too, so by mile 11 I'd really had enough and wanted to go home! However, I was rather pleased to come in with a time that equals my PB, which, considering I wasn't able to train as well as I would have liked for this event, was fair enough in my book.
Medal #18 - Stourport Shuttle 10K, 27th September 2009
As a last-minute decision, Vixx joined me for this nice little club-type event in Stourport.
We were both impressed by the pleasant, modern facilities in the club house - and the fact that it served fresh-brewed coffee (well, OK, it was out of a machine, but close enough).
The field was quite a small one, with a number of scary-looking proper-type athletes. Vixx and I kept ourselves to the back of the pack to start with, although both of us overtook a number by the end of the race.
The route was pleasant enough, quite flat, but with one right b*gger of a hill just after the three-mile point that sapped my legs completely. It ended with a lap of the track, which is a novelty for me as I've never really run on a proper track surface.
We finished off in proper Vixx 'n' Cath style with a coffee from the clubhouse. We really must get round to doing that coffee run...
We were both impressed by the pleasant, modern facilities in the club house - and the fact that it served fresh-brewed coffee (well, OK, it was out of a machine, but close enough).
The field was quite a small one, with a number of scary-looking proper-type athletes. Vixx and I kept ourselves to the back of the pack to start with, although both of us overtook a number by the end of the race.
The route was pleasant enough, quite flat, but with one right b*gger of a hill just after the three-mile point that sapped my legs completely. It ended with a lap of the track, which is a novelty for me as I've never really run on a proper track surface.
We finished off in proper Vixx 'n' Cath style with a coffee from the clubhouse. We really must get round to doing that coffee run...
The Thirty Medal Quest
...although, frankly, I'm not sure it'll be do-able, although not for the want of trying - there just seems to be a bit of a dearth of races around this time of year which offer medals.
My medals so far, prior to the start of the quest:
My medals so far, prior to the start of the quest:
- RfL 1999,
- RfL 2000
- RfL 2001
- RfL 2002
- RfL 2003
- RfL 2004
- RfL 2005
- AUK 10K 2007
- AUK 10K 2008
- Muller 10K 2008
- St Michael's 10K 2008
- RfL 2008
- Birmingham Half Marathon 2008
- Sneyd Striders' Xmas Pudding 10-miles 2008
- AUK 10K 2009
- Forest of Dean Half Marathon 2009
- FLM 2009
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