Finishing Time: 51:46
It is hard to write a report on a run when all you remember is the pounding of blood in your ears, legs that felt like lead and a long, hill climb towards the end. However, I do remember one of the most pleasant finishes to any races I have run, which took me down Tenby’s main street, through cheering crowds and across the finish line where a brass band was playing.
The course was less than inspiring and seemed to take in most of the town’s less pleasant outskirts, a housing estate and the leisure centre. However it was superbly well organised and the marshals were excellent and made the race even more enjoyable.
My own time was 3mins 9s better than my personal best and, despite crossing the finish line looking like someone had thrown a bucket of water over me, I was fantastically happy. I remembered to do my stretches at the end, changed into my race T-Shirt and went away elated. It seems that the hard work done, especially the sprint training, is beginning to pay off. It is on days like this that I can almost understand why people pulling on running shoes…
-Philip
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