This was a bonus race. We'd entered in for 2019 but it was cancelled due to snow, and had forgotten about it till the race numbers for our deferred entries came through the post.
Mrs S and I collected Jo from Romsey and headed up to Longleat on a mild and dry morning. The house and safari park were closed, but the place was rammed with cars... we'd no idea it was such a big event.
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| Outside Longleat House |
My mission was to run at a controlled easy pace with my coach, the lovely Mrs S, as part of the countdown towards the Wiltshire 10 next week. So it was a very different kind of race. I really think I would have struggled on my own against the temptation to hoof it, but it was beautiful parkland and a very sociable run and fascinating to watch the infinite variety of running styles on other folk.
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| Halfway through |
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| It was a laugh a minute |
The first and final sections were identical 3k laps with a respectable hill up and down with a 1km downward slope to the finish. Mrs S absolutely nailed it with her first-ever sub-4 minute km and was ecstatic as we crossed the line.
A super morning out. Next stop, Melksham next Sunday and a crack at the 1:00:00 barrier.
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| Lovely day for it |
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| Thank goodness we avoided the dirty old man |
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