No progress on the Coventry Way this week as I ran the Not the Roman IX event today. The race is a delightful and well-run event over 12k of countryside South West of Stratford. Despite the lack of training I was pleased to record a time a couple of minutes faster than last year (1hr5mins). The first time I have managed to average less than 5 minutes 30 seconds per kilometre (8 mins per mile) in a proper event.
The course is gently undulating apart from one rather serious hill just before the half-way mark, but once you overcome that there is a lot of nice down-hills.
Good to complete 12k, need to push on to longer distances next week as I have a half-marathon booked for the end of February.
It occurred to me that it would be much better (at least for me) if running operated a handicap system similar to horse raising. If all the skinny supper-fit regular runners around me were force to carry weights so that they all weighted 99kg (nearly 16 stone) the same as me, I reckon I might win one of these events. Just a
thought.
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