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spring shakespeare marathon

23/3/2015

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This was about as straightforward a race as it gets - 9 laps of an abandoned airfield in Stratford-upon Avon. It started the way these things usually do, with a horrible 5am alarm, an uneventful drive, and a good catch up at the start with Nick, Richard, Gary, Gill, Jason, Steve and a few others. 

The route wasn't as dull as people had made out before, there were a few rusty old planes dotted about the place, and although the track itself was pretty uninspiring, you could see the hills a short way off in the distance so it wasn't all that bad. The only thing that really stood out on the day was the wind, not that it was especially bad, but it was bloody freezing running out and into it, which would've been fine if it hadn't then felt about ten degrees warmer running back in again.

Other than that it was just a normal-ish race, I plodded around in 3:31 or something without any drama, had a little burst of pace near the  end when I though I might accidentally sneak under 3:30, but then decided I couldn't be arsed and just coasted in.

The only disappointing thing was the missed opportunity for them to do the whole event with a Con Air theme:-/
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