steevc just finished a 20.92km run, that lasted for 120 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 1160.0 calories.
Description from Strava:
This is either my third or fourth time running the Greenway Challenge and it is the only half marathon I have done. We have had some wild weather over the last few days, but today looked good with no forecast of rain. I got a lift to Standalone Farm with plenty of time to spare. This time the race numbers were not pre-allocated. You were just given the next one from a pile and the timing chips were on the back rather than having something to fix to your shoe.
It is quite a small event with no road closures, but it is mostly away from roads on the Greenway path that runs around the town. There are marshals at some road crossings, but you have to find you own way. I know it well, but it would not be too hard to miss a turning. I saw a few people from parkrun there and another friend was a marshal.
The start was fairly slow as everyone is squeezing down a narrow path, but we soon spread out. The first hill comes up fairly quickly and I could see people already at the top before I started the climb. As I expected there were a few puddles, but it was pretty good all the way around. You did have to watch out for slippery mud.
I looked for people to follow and settled near a couple of guys from one of the clubs who were chatting away about running marathons. They were talking about trying to do three hours, but they were not running at that pace today. After 7km I could not keep up with them, but I had a pretty good start to the race.
My about half way I was feeling it and a few people came past me. When we got to one of the long climbs I just had to walk for a while. I have run and cycled this route lots of times, so I know what is coming up. There were two drinks stations where I could get some water.
There were a couple more climbs and I just tried to keep going. When we got to the last few km I was wondering if I would get under two hours. Although I was hurting I gave it what I could. As you come back into the farm you have to take a long way around and I just pushed. As I came up to the finish the clock was just over two hours.
They always have a nice selection of cakes for the finishers and I grabbed something chunky as well as some squash before finding somewhere to sit. I already had an email saying my chip time was 2:00:17, which is better than I expected. I am happy enough with that.
I think about doing a marathon, but as I finished this race I could not have gone any further. I was feeling a bit stiff as I walked up to the road for a lift home. After a show I feel a bit better. I have some chores to do and then I am off to an open mic with some fellow Hivers later.
Run free!
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About the Athlete: Older guy trying to keep fit, but still hope to go quicker.
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