Another weekend another half Marathon this week we headed to
Maidenhead for 9#14 it's billed as a very quick course so excitement was high. Again David Peddle joined
for the 2nd half running. We arrived and parked in a muti-story car
park a bit unusual but this half marathon started bang in the middle of a the
town. Joining us on the start line was fellow park runners Abby and Sarah and
our two NYC marathon runners Nick and Alistair. They start line was fairly
crammed and we shuffled our way to the 1hr50 marker and waited for the start.
As the gun went off me and David started off at steady pace James was not far behind as we ran through the streets of Maidenhead. As usual it takes a few miles for our legs to get going and we set off a little faster than expected. The weather was being very kind to us and it was a cool sunny beautiful morning. The course was 2 big loops with the mile markers for the 2nd lap visible I’m not a big fan of seeing these markers they are mentally a bit of a challenge for me.
As the gun went off me and David started off at steady pace James was not far behind as we ran through the streets of Maidenhead. As usual it takes a few miles for our legs to get going and we set off a little faster than expected. The weather was being very kind to us and it was a cool sunny beautiful morning. The course was 2 big loops with the mile markers for the 2nd lap visible I’m not a big fan of seeing these markers they are mentally a bit of a challenge for me.
After a mile we headed out the town and headed left along
the river Thames and continued to run 8 min mile pace. After mile 4 I was
feeling the pace a little and slowed up and had a look behind me to see if
James was in sight. James was talking about going for a PB this morning so when
he passed me a 6 miles looking strong I he defiantly looked on for it.
With the first loop of the course done I knew what to expect
on the second and it was a challenge keep up my sub 8:30 mile pace. I dropped David
at around 8 miles but could see James pulling away in the distance he was
having a fantastic run and looked likely that a PB was on the cards. Towards 10
miles and I was feeling it the pace the course although flat is had a few lumpy
bits and on one of the hills at mile 11 I had a little walk much to my disappointment.
Dug in for the final miles of a really nice course the finish twisted through
the high street of Madienhead to the finish line where we started.
I found James and got filled on his epic run and new PB of 1:44:46
what a fantastic performance be really ran well and nailed a brilliant PB!
After photos of all of us who took part in a really fun
morning and a post run chat we headed to the pub for a well-deserved pint and pub
lunch beside the river. James deserved his PB today he really ran his arse off
and was legendary!!
James 1:44:46
Duncan 1:52:07
Dave 1:55:20
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