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Lots of stuff including Art

Lots of stuff including Art
Newport lad from Crindau, and Ceredigion resident for 27 years: former firefighter Roger Bennett

30 January 2014

Liswerry 8 Part II

Well there was no 'reeling in' nor '700th Place' in last weekends astonishingly good 'Liswerry 8' 2014 road race.  When we reached the last mile, there was no way that I could catch 'Emma from the Rhondda' let alone pace maker 'Tom of the Chepstow Harriers'

76 runners who had paid their entry fee stayed away due to the atrocious weather in South Wales that weekend, and for my part I managed a credible 607th out of a field of 624 runners that included 4 who did not finish the Liswerry 8.  I even managed constant 11 minute miles.  Well to be exact, 11 minutes and 2 second miles.  I also managed to squeeze into an extra tight black bin bag to try and keep a bit warmer before the off.  By squeeze into, I mean my shoulders and chest, the rest of me remained exposed.  The 'squeezing' bit reminds me that the weather was so bad, that I squeezed the rain water out of my gloves just before the Starting Gun.  But running helps mental ill health and I wouldn't change my experience of the Liswerry 8 for the world.  It was a great, albeit very tough, day out.

If I could afford one then I would buy a Garmin 610 or preferably the touch screen, training advice mode, easy data upload Garmin 620 GPS watch.  

But meanwhile I will have to continue using my sub £50 Polar Heart Rate Monitor and an ordnance survey map, and bin bags.  Unless of course a very rich reader of this Blog wants to gift me a Garmin 620 complete with Garmin Heart Rate Strap and a Canon 5D Mark III camera?  At which point I could run and take photograpgs, now that would be a nice idea :-)      

24 January 2014

Liswerry 8

Someone that I know has faith in me and suggests that I'm not going to come in 700th on Sunday at the 'Liswerry 8' as I am to focus on a runner in front in the last mile and hook them and then start to reel them in. 

This folks is an extremely good strategy BUT question: what do I do if they are 1.2 miles ahead at that point?



NB The 'Liswerry 8' (check it out on the Web, but remember to enter early for the 2015 event, as 2014 'Liswerry 8' was sold out extremely fast) 
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