Yesterday Carole and I competed in the Isle of Man Half Marathon and we were fortunate to come away with trophies as we both finished 3rd in our respective Vet categories.
After a miserable few days, the weather turned out to be perfect and apart from a serious hill between 3 and 4 miles, the course was fair. The only gripe was that we both measured the distance as 13.2miles and therefore we had to find the energy for an extra 160mts.
250 or so runners competed in the Half marathon and I managed to cross in 46th place recording 1:35:44 finishing 3rd in the V50 category. Carole knocked 39 seconds off her PB in finishing 70th with a time of 1:43:13, also 3rd position in the Ladies V45 category. There was a prize for the first three places in each Vet Category and therefore we were both presented with 2 very nice matching plaques.
Our thanks go to the Coates family for their support. Andy actually cycled over the mountain from Douglas to Ramsey to meet us for the start of the race (about 15 miles). He then helped me with my warm up and ran for a short while with Carole in the latter stages (about 5 miles running in total) and then cycled the long route back to Douglas (17miles). Talk about brick sessions.
The whole event was extremely well organised in a great atmosphere. As you crossed the line you got a print out of your time and your race position. You could then watch the times of the other runners on screen as they came in and also see the times of the runners who were already back. T-Shirt, goody bag, free massage and a free buffet the like of which you’ve never seen at a race (smoked salmon et al)- all for 18 quid.
Altogether we had a very enjoyable day.
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