One down, one to follow
Sep0620118:20 a.m.
So Sunday was the Wissey Half Marathon near Downham Market in Norfolk. First time for me but met up with a fellow blogger PeterB who runs for the organising club. We had a chat and short warm up run before the race and walked up to the start area together. Peter warned me about the hill from 8 miles to 9.
Hooter and off we go, Peter aiming for a different time from me so on our separate paces. Soon hit a fairly steady pace and pretty much stuck to it all the way, 7.49 average to finish in 1.43.15, average heart rate of 137bpm. Small field of 191 finishers and I came 98.
Reasonably pleased with that though perhaps the slowest half I have run for a time on what was not a difficult course. (Note previous blogs warning of my declining times
) The hill, one of the Alps in Norfolk, turned out to be a long slow incline, but Peter that is only ever going to be called a hill in Norfolk or in the Fens area. The course was generally very flat but lots of long straight country road, you would turn a corner at a junction and see the road just go on and on into the distance.
Met Peter after the race, the momento for which was a bottle of beer! Then headed off to one of my daughters who lives fairly close to the area for lunch. When I showed her my Garmin times etc. she saw the calories burnt and said "Dad you need to eat some food". So I did.
So 3 weeks now till the Ipswich Half, time for a couple of weeks of effort to make sure Shaun doesn't finish it the day before I do!
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SeanG 'I guess that all things are relative, including hills in Norfolk! Must be a pretty fast half given your time/placing. Chin up, every dog has its day!' added 6th Sep 2011
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judith 'I'd be happy with that time, so it's all relative. Well done and don't be to hard on yourself. Balckpool v Ipswich on Saturday. Come on Ipswich!!!' added 6th Sep 2011
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Firefly123 'Good running John and a great time. ' added 6th Sep 2011
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Nick 'That's a pretty good time for an old fellah! Well done to you and Pete. I'd quite fancy a race where the memento is a bottle of beer!' added 6th Sep 2011
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moose10 'well done john that s a good time, i'd be happy just to get round a half at the mo.good luck with the preps for the next one' added 7th Sep 2011
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eclipse 'I would love that finish time, well done mate, great heart rate for that pace. ' added 7th Sep 2011
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peterb 'Lots of people in the club moaned about the "hill" and it was a bit muggy. Winner came in at !h14.5 min , not even out of breath ....' added 7th Sep 2011
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crooxi 'The Norfolk Alps, eh? - not sure I could cope with those! Nothing much wrong with 1:43. (I wish.........!) Hope you enjoyed replacing those missing calories' added 7th Sep 2011
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malcolms 'Very impresive time, well done. These Alps in Norfolk...does the air get a bit thin on top or are they not quite that high....' added 10th Sep 2011
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Alaistair 'Hard to believe that the organisers managed to factor in the only hill in Norfolk! Don't know about you but I actually find flat routes hard work, much prefer an undulating or hilly Half...' added 10th Sep 2011
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Dungey 'Sounds a good time to me, wish I could get near to that.' added 12th Sep 2011
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simonedumergue 'Well I have to say John I'd be very happy with a time like that and you've got more than a decade on me! ' added 12th Sep 2011
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