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Managing training runs up to 10+ miles, but very slow, with frequent walking intervals.
Still, find others happy to go at my pace when I lead a route.
Alec starting to build up fitness again.
Stonehenge Stomp
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No more road-running for Rosemarie, so limited to trail events only.
Managing training runs up to 10+ miles, but very slow, with frequent walking intervals. Still, find others happy to go at my pace when I lead a route. Alec starting to build up fitness again. |
Stonehenge Stomp
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| 30th Jan 2011 | LDWA event, not a race. |
| Venue: | Amesbury, Wilts |
| Travelling time: | 1hr |
| Weather: | Beautiful sunny day, but cold wind. |
| Comments: | 10/20/30/40k options, we did '20k' but distance was a bit short.
Bit later getting there(8:45) - difficult parking, and very long queue for sign-in. Mainly off-road, hilly. Juice and biscuits at check-points. Route way-marked with colour-coded tapes. Skipped bacon butties at end, to go for drinks w.other NFR at 'Bull'(Downton)+ v.good soup |
| Age-groups: | Not a race, no prizes. Walked it all (practice for walking holiday) |
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| 27th Feb 2011 | 11.8 miles MT |
| Venue: | Pewsey school. |
| Travelling time: | 1 hour 15min; left home 8:15am.
Arrived early enough to park near start at school. |
| Weather: | Chilly wind, sunny first part, then showers. |
| Comments: | Good shoe-sale bargains (£70 reduced to £20).
4 steep 'hands-on-knees' hills, plenty of mud, 2 river crossings. Special treat this year - the muddy ditch, wading along through thigh-deep gloop. Even the river crossing not deep enough to wash it off. Alec went for walk instead. NFR regrouped at Woodbridge pub afterwards. |
| Age-groups: | Up to v70 for men, v65 for ladies. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 2h:13m:44s (3rd v55) Chris 2h:30m:01s (1st v65) |
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| 25th Apr 2011 | Easter Monday. MT, approx 8 miles |
| Venue: | Freshwater sports centre, IoW. |
| Travelling time: | Left 8:30, Alec drove me to Lymington,
got 9:25am ferry to Yarmouth.
Cycled across to Freshwater - about 3 miles, flat route on old railway track. |
| Weather: | Sunny, hot. |
| Comments: | Same route as previously, walked up all hills.
Several NFR runners and supporters. |
| Age-groups: | Up to v70 for men, v65 for ladies. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 3rd v55, in 1h:18m:29s (69th overall, 3 weeks too young for v65)
NFR ladies got 2nd team award (medal). 81 finishers. |
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| 18th Sept 2011 | 6.75 miles MT |
| Venue: | Stourhead Gardens (National trust), Stourton, Wilts. |
| Travelling time: | 1 hour 15min; left home 8:45am.
Car parking v.tight, so let us put van in staff car park |
| Weather: | Sun plus heavy showers. |
| Comments: | V.hilly, plenty of mud, v.scenic, v.good.
1/2 mile tarmac at start, then all off-road. Alec came as chauffeur/photographer. Stopped at pub afterwards 'Black Dog' in Chilmark. |
| Age-groups: | Up to v60 for men, v55 for ladies. |
| Results: | Rosemarie 1h:11m:57s (1st v55 - surprise!) |
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| 30th Oct 2011 | 10.1 miles, off-road, hills | |||||
| Venue: | Shillingstone, Dorset. | |||||
| Travelling time: | under 1 hour - but left 8:30 to get parking near school. | |||||
| Weather: | Warm, cloudy, not too windy. | |||||
| Comments: | Usual course, not as much mud as expected. Alec walked.
Good run, 2nd NFR lady (just behind Noreen) Lunch at 'Fiddleford Inn' (good - Ashton's cider, parsnip+chilli soup). | |||||
| Age-groups: | Up to MV60, FV60 | |||||
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