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Saturday Jun 16, 2012 #
9 AM
Running 15:35 [2] 1.94 mi (8:03 / mi) +2m 8:01 / mi
ahr:108 max:115 shoes: Innov-8 X-talon 212
Warm up with Ben.
Running 1:39:50 15.86 mi (6:18 / mi) +232m 6:01 / mi
ahr:147 max:158 shoes: Innov-8 X-talon 212
Three Lakes Classic, 1st place.
Much stronger field than last time I ran this two years ago, with Ben Beattie, Gavin Felton and Nick Sparks the faces I recognised. Gavin went off hard, my race plan was to cover any move, so I went with him, and so did Ben and a Belper runner. After two miles we had a 200m lead over the rest of the field.
We got to where I thought we turned off the lake at Rother Valley, but there was no marshall. Gavin was 20m ahead and seemed to be confident of where we were going so we followed. After another 400m I said to Ben and the Belper guy that I thought we'd gone wrong. I slowed to a jog / walk, and then turned round and jogged back the other way. The other three, plus Nick Sparks and a Sunderland runner kept going.
As I jogged back and got to the point where I could see the other side of the lake again, I could see that the rest of the field were turning off where I thought we should have gone. So I picked up the pace again, turning round all the other runners who had overshot.
I had no idea how far the five runners who had kept going had got (it turns out that they got all the way back to the start, where Ben and the Belper runner gave up and went home). I tried to keep the pace as high as I could over the next 7 or 8 miles, and was running well. I took the occasional glance behind but seemed to have a large gap. At one point going round Ulley reservoir I got a glimpse of Gavin and I was nearly a mile ahead of him.
As we went back into Treeton, the marshals told me I had a massive lead, but I tried not to relax too much and pushed down the hill. When I got to the bottom and had the three mile trek back to the finish, into the wind, I started to feel tired. Just kept the pace up best I could. Won by over 8 minutes (but ran a mile less than Gavin). I think it would have been a close race if we'd all stayed together, I guess I got slightly lucky. Won a nice hamper of wine and cheese.
Much stronger field than last time I ran this two years ago, with Ben Beattie, Gavin Felton and Nick Sparks the faces I recognised. Gavin went off hard, my race plan was to cover any move, so I went with him, and so did Ben and a Belper runner. After two miles we had a 200m lead over the rest of the field.
We got to where I thought we turned off the lake at Rother Valley, but there was no marshall. Gavin was 20m ahead and seemed to be confident of where we were going so we followed. After another 400m I said to Ben and the Belper guy that I thought we'd gone wrong. I slowed to a jog / walk, and then turned round and jogged back the other way. The other three, plus Nick Sparks and a Sunderland runner kept going.
As I jogged back and got to the point where I could see the other side of the lake again, I could see that the rest of the field were turning off where I thought we should have gone. So I picked up the pace again, turning round all the other runners who had overshot.
I had no idea how far the five runners who had kept going had got (it turns out that they got all the way back to the start, where Ben and the Belper runner gave up and went home). I tried to keep the pace as high as I could over the next 7 or 8 miles, and was running well. I took the occasional glance behind but seemed to have a large gap. At one point going round Ulley reservoir I got a glimpse of Gavin and I was nearly a mile ahead of him.
As we went back into Treeton, the marshals told me I had a massive lead, but I tried not to relax too much and pushed down the hill. When I got to the bottom and had the three mile trek back to the finish, into the wind, I started to feel tired. Just kept the pace up best I could. Won by over 8 minutes (but ran a mile less than Gavin). I think it would have been a close race if we'd all stayed together, I guess I got slightly lucky. Won a nice hamper of wine and cheese.
Running 9:47 1.31 mi (7:26 / mi) +9m 7:17 / mi
ahr:126 max:134 shoes: Innov-8 X-talon 212
Token warm down jog.