Bicester 10k

Author: erradmin 9th December 2007

Andy Reading 10k, 9th December 2007 A few PBs on this course. Marie won the wine again: race report below

Name	Time	Category	Also…	Club Champ Pts	Short league Pts
Ben Breaker	37.16	SM	Equal PB with Carterton	50
Tony Whitlock	39.44	MV50		49
Graham Bridges	39.48	MV40		48
Kevin Dawson	43.34	SM	Joker	48
Peter Larbalestier	43.51	MV50			50
Larry Poole	44.21	MV60		46
Derek Breaker	44.38	MV50		45
Katherine Bates	45.04	FV45	PB	50
Denise Bridges	47.55	FV35			50
Jane Larbalestier	50.24	FV45		49
Marie Rout	50.28	SF	PB, joker, wine!!!	48
Roger Gascoine	57.35	MV40			49
Joan Ryan	60.52	FV55		47
Linda Breaker	61.03	FV45			49

Race report by Marie It was a cold, windy, wet winter’s day. Oh wait… I’ve already done that one. The highly trained athletes were gathered in the hall, keenly eyeing up the competition. Would Derek shave that extra second off his time? Would Larry take away the Club Championship trophy again this year? Would the queue for the ladies eventually get shorter? There was a smell of heat rub and bacon in the air. Tensions were building as people began to run across the warm-up field. And then… we casually strolled to the start, chatting about the pros and cons of wearing a hat and gloves, and trouser bulges (when you take the gloves off and shove them down your trousers). The gun went off and we began a 200 metre shuffle before the race opened up and we could start gathering speed. From post race talk I think the race went well for everyone, if you don’t count Denise almost being sick at the end (but not quite!). A couple of pbs were achieved, helped, on my part, by running through puddles, splashing people and telling them their laces were undone so they’d move out of the way. The men were being rather modest about their runs but I presume they did well as nobody appeared to be sulking in the corner, and they did at least get the hot showers. I was pleased with my results and have learnt a few valuable lessons along the way which I feel I should share with you (although they won’t make you run faster): 1) Don’t go into the toilets with your ipod about your person, they are liable to fall down the toilet 2) Dropping ipods down the toilet makes them not work 3) When someone tells you the boiler’s broken, just take their word for it 4) Cold showers are rather unpleasant 5) Stick insects don’t make for very good company in the pub The final verdict on this race? Well, a wise man once said ‘It’s better to have felt the thorn than never to have seen the rose’