St. Annes 10 - 21th March
After getting up with butterflies and having a small panic about what time the race started, I finally arrived at St Anne‟s Fire Station to collect my number, goodie bag and queue for the toilet!
We found our way to the start and met up with the rest of the club members for a warm up and a pre race natter!
The race started with two laps of the car park, the first half of the race I felt took ages for the wind-mill to come into view, luckily I had my I-Pod to keep me company. On the last stretch to the wind-mill I met fellow team mates which I enjoyed as we cheered each other on. It was windy throughout the race however, I didn‟t mind too much as I was enjoying seeing the sun and sand! I now under-stand what a flat course is like because I think I found one tiny hill throughout, so it‟s perfect if you hate doing hills!
The final half of the race seemed to go faster and it felt good actually overtaking some people! As I reached the final two miles I was given a spurt by Tony, who was on his way home, he stopped his car in the road to shout me on! It helped and before long I was sprinting past an A&T lady on the line and my first 10 miler was completed along with a pb!
Well done to everyone who turned out. As I‟ve just started to compete I‟m not sure on turn out numbers but it looked good to me and it felt nice to be part of a team..
Claire
Full Results available here
We found our way to the start and met up with the rest of the club members for a warm up and a pre race natter!
The race started with two laps of the car park, the first half of the race I felt took ages for the wind-mill to come into view, luckily I had my I-Pod to keep me company. On the last stretch to the wind-mill I met fellow team mates which I enjoyed as we cheered each other on. It was windy throughout the race however, I didn‟t mind too much as I was enjoying seeing the sun and sand! I now under-stand what a flat course is like because I think I found one tiny hill throughout, so it‟s perfect if you hate doing hills!
The final half of the race seemed to go faster and it felt good actually overtaking some people! As I reached the final two miles I was given a spurt by Tony, who was on his way home, he stopped his car in the road to shout me on! It helped and before long I was sprinting past an A&T lady on the line and my first 10 miler was completed along with a pb!
Well done to everyone who turned out. As I‟ve just started to compete I‟m not sure on turn out numbers but it looked good to me and it felt nice to be part of a team..
Claire
Full Results available here
