Sorry folks, I forgot to post a race report after Saturdays run.
Arriving in Solihull the weather looked set to spoil the day. Walking from the car park to the start area we were passed by Derek having a jog around the course, then other familiar faces appeared, including other friends Chris and ex club-mate Ann. Then there was this tall, slender blond who could only be Liz Yelling.
After snaffling a few freebies from the Lucozade stall (and some interesting advice re gels) I found myself repeatedly visiting the bag dump to swap cap for shades or vice versa, as sun and rain vied for supremacy. Before long though, it started to look like the sun was going to win the battle.
As usual Nick and Larry had everything organised beautifully, and Nick was aided in his pre-race spiel by his glamorous assistant Liz. Who was happy to have her photograph taken with the tee shirt winners.
It's lovely to see a GB running great at a local event, and she seemed charming. I wanted to ask if she'd qualified for the Olympic marathon next year, but was worried it might be a sore point! I had a feeling Jo Pavey might have edged her out, though having thought about this later I've a feeling they've still time to qualify.
Anyway, the rain cleared away and the sun shone, and we had a great day. I missed a PB by 13 seconds, but that was better than expected, and was my best at Brueton. Every runner got a medal (better quality than I'd expected, too!) and there was cake at the end, and free breakfast at the Parkridge Centre cafe! This was better than running with Alan Shearer last month (well it was actually a dog called Alan Shearer, but even had it been the Geordie goal-hanger himself it would have come a close second!).
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