Gwent League 4 Brecon
Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 12:37PM Mens race (Sat 13.02.2009 - 14.20 kick off)
Right, lets get this thread started!
Weather - Dry, cold, cloudy with a slight breeze.
Course - Firm with a few heavier sections. Mainly flat with only one real uphill and downhill. (3 laps)
Distance - 9.7K (I think it was shorter than this though)
Arrive at the venue feeling pretty good to be fair, have been banging the miles lately but sessions have been going well so quite confident. Jogged a mile or so supporting the ladies, particularly Katie and Maria who are currently flying!! Looked like the course would suit me as you could get a decent rhythm.
At the start, the field looked at bit thin but usual suspects were there. Gun goes and Phil and Mark take off. I settle down around 800m in and feel good. Started picking off the fast starters including Pete Coles. By the end of the first lap the field was quite spread out. Phil (currently flying in sessions) had pulled away from Mark and Mark was very slowly coming back to me. Dukes was fairly close behind so had to keep that gap as he is a strong finisher. Matt Collins (Cardiff AC) then strolled past (taking it easy to start obviously) and fancied a chat, I politely told him to f' off....Things stayed the same until half way around the last lap where I managed to catch Mark. Feeling ok decided to test him, didn't work, he stuck with me, a bit of cat and mouse, and then pulled away by a couple of seconds in the last 400m. Phil was about 30 secs ahead and Nick had not managed to close the gap behind (got him on the xc at last!), Mark clenched his fist at the end after a great race between us. Will have you Blaise my boy......
I think we placed well as a team. The other Cardiff team who wear blue should take note....
I'm not sure what everyone else's positions were but all seemed to steam in behind pretty quick.
One more to go 'thank god' then we can back back on the road. BRING ON THE SUMMER.
Seriously, it was a enjoyable day (shame the bluebirds lost) and finished off well when one of the San Dom girls came over with free cake. I never say no to free cake as a few on here know.
I think I have just bored myself with this report however...........Back to work (where's the coffee)
Peace out dudes..
Stu
Reader Comments (5)
senion mens positions were 12,14,15,21,43 i think we dominated
The results suggest Mike Davies is now a M60 runner.
Surely an error...
Isn't it ??
~~~~~ Happy Birthday Mike !!! ~~~~~
Excellent report, Stu. Official results now up on the Gwent League site. Thanks to Jeff Aston and team for another excellent speedy delivery. As predicted, we won the Senior Mens comfortably and are now a long way clear. Ladies now up to third overall, and congratulations especially to Katie for an excellent 5th and up to third overall. This was where Katie's recovery from stress fracture started 12 months ago. A nice anniversary.
Nice to get out for a long easy run up the Taff Trail, but I found I was still very tired from yesterday. Enjoyed a very enjoyable 1 hour 50 mins with Steffan who is currently training for the Hamburg marathon (same date as London).
It would be nice to see more club runners come in - the long Sunday run is a long-standing tradition, and is really the cornerstone for any endurance based athlete. Personal circumstances may get in the way, but running in company when you've a long run to do makes things so much easier.
It was a good run today. Managed 23 miles.....legs not to bad after yesterday.Your right Mick, times flies with compnay. I was trying to keep up with "The Cook". If he keeps this up London is going to be interesting :-) By the way, the best part was when Paterson hit the wall at around 19 miles and had to stop for a sit down!!!! He call's himself a marathon......LOL!!
Nice report Stu, sounds like i missed a good event. Be there for the next one tho.