South Devon Race Completed

Sorry it's been too long since I posted anything. The best of intentions, but life has been manic this last few months.

Anyway, I safely completed the South Devon Race back in February. Abiding memories. Mud. Hard work. Mud. Fabulous stretch of coastline between Start Point and Prawle Point. More Mud. Occasional rocky bits to pick your way through and avoid falling off the cliffs. Mud. More Mud. An annoying 7 seconds. Mud.

You've probably got the point by now. It was seriously hard work, not so much due to the hills, as due to the mud. Pity the 10k who came after us, but it had rained a lot, and although (as the pictures above show) it was nice while we were running, it was very soft underfoot.

I finished in 2 hours 30 minutes and 7 seconds (the annoying 7 seconds - I had given up on getting under 2:30, then realised I might, ran hard for the last 1/4 mile or so, and didn't quite make it!). I was 123rd out of 337 finishers, and was 1.35 times slower than the winner, compared to 1.41 times slower in Gower - so an improvement there.

Once again, a fabulous and well organised day - roll on Pembrokeshire!