A hollow victory? Nahhh......
(17 Miles Total approx.)
A rather odd day today. I got up, had beans-on-toast at 6am, went to Bracknell, 20 minute jog warmup, queue up for the lavatory, then won a half-marathon. I pretty much lead gun to tape, but I never expected 1:14:57 to win it in my wildest dreams! I was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire a couple of times for my sporting achievement (they're sending me the tapes), which I've never experienced before. What does one do when presented with a priviledge such as this? Talk shite of course! I must of sounded like I was high on crack!
When I realized I was by myself up front I just relaxed (from mile 5 onwards), but I went with the manic start and came good! I also picked up a somewhat substantial trophy haul for my efforts.
Left to right, front to back: 1st Men's Team Trophy, Berkshire Gold Medal, Overall Winner Trophy, Cut crystal glasses, Open Men's Winner Trophy, Cut crystal decanter.
Of course my pride and joy is this little beauty -
I've been waiting so long to get a county individual gold, and now I've finally got my hands on it, all I can think about is the build quality (or lack thereof!). Still, I'm as pleased as punch!
The team did pretty well too. We picked up first male overall (me!), first senior male (me again!), first woman overall (Leslie Whiley), first vet woman (Leslie Whiley), first 60+ (Jackie Jeffries) woman, second male vet 40 (Edward Dodwell), third male vet 40 (Ed Dodwell), first male vet 60 ('The Master', Roy MacNeil), and men's & women's team prizes! Cripes!
Day off tomorrow me thinks. You can find my next weeks schedule on the post above. I can only hope I'm as happy with my BUSA result in 6 days time... Show/Hide this post [+/-]
2 Comments:
Well done Craig. I hope there was no machine gunning action as you crossed the finish line, if there was I think i'll cry. Plus can't access the pictures when I click on them
Thanks for the congrats dude. Nah, I didn't 'do no gunning'. I didn't even raise my arms! Thanks for the spot, fixed the links mate. Appreciated.
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