Last Sunday we headed off to Clanfield, part of QE Country Park, to do this 10-mile race. Hot conditions and 10 miles of chalk hills - a good excuse to test my recovering muscle injury in a steady fashion over a longer distance.
We met up with Small Kate plus Abi and Hannah from RRR. We were given a charmingly bonkers briefing and off we went. It was a few hundred metres in before it dawned on me that we were going up a really rather long hill. I tried to get into a steady rhythm and kept going.
It was a case of finding shade when you could. At one point I went off-course and recognised the particular warning call of a fellow runner, which is a very kind impulse against a competitor. Lovely countryside, hot conditions and some good long drags. I felt OK, but was glad to recognise the top of the hill where we'd started and there was a nice mile glide down hill to the finish.
I think I was fourth, but it was a very low-key event for the local scouts and it really wasn't about position or podium. Here are my stats. Lovely to be back racing!
PS - and here are the results.
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