of the longest driveways in England (who measures these things?).Nos Galen 5KNos Galen 5K (Rhondda Cynon Taff, December 31) For some of us the idea of celebrating New Year’s Eve is enough to fill our festive bones with dread. There are the drunken parties
Where: East Meon, HampshireWhen: February 27, 2011First Man: Julian Manning (2:21:02)First Woman: Emma Taylor-Gooby (2:49:49)Last Finisher: 5:28:47Number of finishers: 354Race Type: Rural/ TrailRW rating 2011: 95%Dry as a bone and flat as a pancake
.Soon were guided onto one of the undulating scorched-earth tracks that will form nearly half of the course. A riverbed running alongside looks the way the insides of our mouths feel by now. The surface of cracked mud and smooth white stones is bone dry
’t practise for an event like this, and I think we’ve learned how far you can push the human body." Fellow forumite JJ was there to cheer the team on at the start and finish. "They’ve been phenomenal," she said. "I couldn’t run that fast for the bus
than last year.The plans went well, and Trinity even won her age category at one of our warm-up races, the Halstead Marathon. But in the week preceding the event, taper madness set in and doubts surfaced. We had planned to run at about 10-minute miling
were off.The race literature makes no bones about it: “Competitors must have considerable orienteering skills to complete this event successfully.”Three minutes in, and we were all completely lost. We careered for 10 precious minutes around the roads
punishing climbs, including the infamous "Coffin trail" at 11K, passing the bones of previous competitors who failed to complete the race.What you say "Once again another superbly organised event with absolutely nothing that could be faulted." Fent 98 99
