So what better way to put my return to the club than putting the RRR running vest back on, doing the last race and one of the hardest!
The coach picked us up at 8am and off we went! I had nerves not just about the race but about meeting club mates again and although nice to be remembered, reminders of how quick I used to be was all around. People I used to race again I knew I had no chance of beating and kept reminding myself that today was just a sighter and a target for next year to beat, something Brian Moore happily reminded me of.
It had been raining all night so it was going to be wet on the roads, that stuff just rolls off the hills and pours onto the roads, torrents as it turned out but that is part of the fun of the race.
As per usual I headed off quick, that will never change and soon got into my rhythm and the pace I wanted to do.
Water at about 4.5 miles was heaven and then the hills just kept on coming, funny marshal near the end claiming that was the last hill... I hope he gets a nasty rash for a week.
I preferred the old course, fewer hills near the end!
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| 2010 66 minutes |
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| 2018 85 minutes |
But I was the first V40 back for Royton Road Runners so not a bad start back at the club.
Keep running everyone
Mark
