This morning Tim picked me up and then we went to pick Andy up. Tash also met us at the meeting point as her children from school were racing, so off we went. In the car I was asked about my time, so I said I tell you exactly my time as I have my book. From then on, I had the mickey taken out of me. This would be my 11th Half Marathon, and my 3rd Deal Half. I have a pb to beat today, 2:05:16 and the course record for me which was 2:13:42.
As I have done this course before I had great pleasure in explaining that the long hill you run down near the beginning is the long hill that you have to run up!!!! So we went and it wasn't long before I came to my first hill, there were lots of hills and some of which were quite long. I didn't give up and ran up all the hills. Along the route we were faced with tractors and some cars, burning bonfire and horse manure which was steaming which gave a lovely aroma!! It was certainly a tough course. There was coke on offer which surprised me, had said really, went I went past.
On the final bit back, I was running fast down hill and then you take a turning to head to the finish which was an incline, my legs were very tired and I stopped to walk to have a bit of drink, I looked up and I see Tim in the distance, oops I better get running again which I did.
I could hear as I was approaching the finish, the count down to be under 2hrs which I did not quite make. My aim was to finish in 2hrs. I finished in 2:00:50 which I was very pleased with, especially on such a tough course. If it was flat, I would certainly of finished in under 2hrs. I was also given a spot prize at the end!!
Time 2:005 - Position 6th in age Category
Splits 8:45, 8:35, 9:17, 8:50, 9:56, 9:19, 9:18, 9:14, 9:06, 9:16, 9:27, 9:47, 8:57, 8:34
2011 Time 2:13:42
Splits 9:40, 9:29, 10:26, 10:02, 11:15, 10:29, 10:19, 10:03, 9:36,10:01, 10:18, 11:19, 9:43, 9:02
2010 Time 2:17:02
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