Chalgrove 10k Results
Well done to Denise for being the first lady, and to Robert for winning his category.
Arthur’s report follows the results.
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On paper this event didn’t have much going for it:
• Bank holiday Monday
• 12 o’clock start time
• Boiling hot day
• Oxfordshire Road Relays had been the day before
We gathered at the start line. An interesting mixture of apprehension, excitement and sweat filled the air. Talk mostly consisting of pre-race eating strategy. To have lunched, or to have not yet lunched, that was the question.
The following few seconds are still a blur. A countdown had begun. As we reached zero a canon was fired. So incredibly loud and unexpected was the blast (think Battle of Chalgrove Field – 1643) that most of the four hundred assembled runners fell to their knees then scrambled for cover.
Following the noisy send off (which had been triggered by GMTV’s Penny Smith – who?) we ran a hot and undulating 10k route on quiet rural lanes passing through the villages of Berrick Salome and Roke, before returning to Chalgrove where the May Day celebrations awaited us.
Highlight of the day was a post race ice cream whilst watching Denise and Kate going down the bouncy slide.
