More tomorrow but..
We enjoyed perfect race conditions. Cool early, no wind or just a little to cool us down later in the run. I paced the 4 hour group and ran around 3:58:30 or so. Almost every runner in the four hour group - and the group was as expected quite large - took advantage of the perfect pacing to about the 34km mark then drew ahead of me and finished faster. So it was a great success for the runners who were trying to break 4 hours. (But I cannot say the same for some of the other paced groups).
Of the Team Moore runners elsewhere in the race, it was a most brilliant effort by Roger Pilkington who ran a big pb, Cathy Newman who ran an enormous pb, Ruth Baussmann who finished strongly and well under five hours for the 50km.
There were many more success stories. In fact well done to every finisher.
For me this was a test to see if it was worth training hard to try and break 3 hours in 2 or 3 years time. My immediate verdict: yes!
Thank you to all the organisers, officials, and supporters. Thanks too to the cheer squads. Every bit of support was appreciated by all.
The results will be posted shortly & I will make a further report after that.
We enjoyed perfect race conditions. Cool early, no wind or just a little to cool us down later in the run. I paced the 4 hour group and ran around 3:58:30 or so. Almost every runner in the four hour group - and the group was as expected quite large - took advantage of the perfect pacing to about the 34km mark then drew ahead of me and finished faster. So it was a great success for the runners who were trying to break 4 hours. (But I cannot say the same for some of the other paced groups).
Of the Team Moore runners elsewhere in the race, it was a most brilliant effort by Roger Pilkington who ran a big pb, Cathy Newman who ran an enormous pb, Ruth Baussmann who finished strongly and well under five hours for the 50km.
There were many more success stories. In fact well done to every finisher.
For me this was a test to see if it was worth training hard to try and break 3 hours in 2 or 3 years time. My immediate verdict: yes!
Thank you to all the organisers, officials, and supporters. Thanks too to the cheer squads. Every bit of support was appreciated by all.
The results will be posted shortly & I will make a further report after that.
