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 :-)
