1 - The lovely Mrs S took up racing. What was once a rather indulgent weekend activity has now become a regular - in fact the default - combined sporting highlight of the week, which has taken us to smashing locations far and wide. I've simply done a lot more racing in a year than I ever have done before. Thank you, my love, for making running great again!
Check out the stats... I've done:
- 26 public races (8 in 2016)
- 2 county cross-country events (0)
- 8 RR10s (7)
- 30 parkruns (17)
- 1 civil service event (1)
2 - I turned 50 and joined a whole new age category! A year ago I set a target of getting 3 M50 category wins before the year was out - but I ended up with 11 (out of 13 races since my birthday). Crikey. This won't be sustainable for long, particularly as others turn 50 and become the new babies of the cohort, but I've enjoyed a real purple patch over the last 4 months.
Highlights of the year:
- West Wight 3 Hills - beautiful scenery, low-key club race, a lovely day out
- Hoppit Half - a full-on heatwave, and possibly the most broken I've ever been after a race
- Bridport Half - immense Dorset scenery, with a great chase to second place
- Clarendon Marathon - the big one; it never disappoints; this time a great RRR social occasion
- Stinger: A most surprising win!
- Dorset CTS 10k: A madly exciting chase over huge hills
Targets for this year:
- Keep healthy and injury-free
- Get top M50 spot for 50% of races
- London marathon sub 3 hours, and as a stretch target beat 2:53:20, which was Andrew Trigg's time in the Abingdon marathon in 2012, when he was 50.
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