Well, Chris was meant to be doing this race with Dom, Paul and myself but he managed to contract a handy pre-London marathon virus-from-hell that rendered him virtually unconscious for most of this week. An inability to drink, eat or swallow all somewhat hindered his appearance at the start line on Friday.
Anyway, for those of us who did head to Hythe for the race, it was a bit of an 'exciting' journey to get to the start line in time after dropping the Wayman kids all over the place to helpful local friends. It was to be a warm, flat race going from Hythe to Folkestone and back. Early on, we all passed a not very well looking jogger being resuscitated by some selfless competitors (the air ambulance later picked him up). I followed Paul from a distance until just after halfway, then caught him up, thought I might throw up and finally made it to the finish line, where a sneaky little manoeuvre meant I beat ginger by a couple of seconds.
Dom was racing her first ever 10 miler, well actually it was the first time she had ever run 10 miles and had only run 10km once before, a few months ago with me. Despite a nasty cough, she did brilliantly and it was wonderful seeing her finish. Well done Dom! Half marathon next time......?!
We all then had a lovely afternoon with Sara, little Tommy, Izzy, Indie and Linda on Hythe beach eating partially cooked chips in the glorious sunshine. Then it was back home to carry on emptying the pool in readiness for our impending build. Newts anyone?
Chantal 1hr 25 06 secs
Paul 1 hr 25 08 secs
Dom 1 hr 53 40 secs
Chris DNS
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