After preparing well last night, we head to the ‘Run In The
Forest’ 5 mile race today at Conkers Discovery Park. Slogan - ‘I came, I ran, I
conkered’. Well that’s what is says on the t-shirt, the bright yellow t-shirt.
That’s another one for the bag in the loft then.
Organised by South Derbyshire Road Runners the race has a
pleasantly not too early 10:30am start and even my parents are tempted to turn up to support.
It’s a run mainly on tracks through the forest but
includes a bit of tarmac and grass. It’s not hilly but there are a few
undulations.
At the start the race organiser complains that someone has stolen the 2
mile marker and asks us to wing it, but afterwards we’re more concerned with the fact that the 5 mile marker was
about 30 metres before the finish. Does that mean the course was long? or the
marker wrongly placed? These things matter.
My time for five and a bit (maybe) miles is 37:01, which is an
improvement of a whole minute on my last attempt at five miles in February at
Wombwell. So that’s good. Although my PB remains a scarily quick 32.08. I must have been fit and injury free in those days.
It was a pleasant enough race though and well organised, save for
the marker confusion and a long walk to get water after the finish.
Then it’s another birthday meal, Sunday lunch with the folks
at the New Inn in Shardlow before going home for the usual post-race warmdown.
(Sunday 28th April)
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