The route has had a few tweaks since last year presumably to
ease the traffic congestion. The first part is again a lap of Markeaton Park
before heading through the city centre which is followed by a long drag through
Pride Park to get to Alvaston Park then a long drag back along the river.
There was a definite attempt to keep us off the roads this
year and this meant a surprise section on grass through Darley Park. I will
pack my trail shoes next time.
Drinks seem to be short supply with the second drinks
station at 6 miles and the third at 11 miles, which was a long time to go
without a drink. They’d also left one poor bloke on his own to man it.
The mile markers were a problem last year and they didn’t
look any more accurate this year either. At mile 11 I appeared to be on course
for a corking time of 1:38. The next mile which was all uphill out of Darley
Park put paid to this as this mile took me nine minutes but that still left me
on course to break 1:40. Sadly the last mile again seem to be super long
despite being mostly downhill and I finished in a devastating 1:42:08.
Probably not too devastating though as its two minutes
quicker than last year. Onwards now to Leicester in two weeks’ time. Sadly I
think they gave me the same medal as last year, the t-shirt was quite good
though.
While I’m running, a work colleague tries for Glastonbury
tickets on our behalf as I couldn’t have a go with the race and ticket sale both
happening at 9am.
My expectations are at about the same level for Glastonbury
tickets as they are for me winning the race. Needless to say, he doesn't get
any. There's no festival in 2018 so it's a long wait until the next one.
We head out to Caning Circus later. We visit the Falcon
again, got to the H&H for food before then visiting the Blue Monkey and the
Borlase.
(Sunday 9th October)
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