'Vincit Qui Patitur'
This ever popular hilly road race had 1,319 finishers. The
impressive African winner, Yared Hogos, finished in 1:06:53 (a
couple of minutes outside the course record).
This ever popular hilly road race had 1,319 finishers. The impressive African winner, Yared Hogos, finished in 1:06:53 (a couple of minutes outside the course record).
A decent showing of 10 MSTC members produced some good performances and PB's in near perfect conditions.
I had a nice chat with Rachel, Lucy, Emma, Mike and Helen before the race. However, I did not manage to meet up with Steve, James, Hazel and Martin at all. Helen was the only one I managed to spot coming over the finish line with a stunning sub-2 hour run that was 10 mins better than her previous best.
Residual fitness from ironman training earlier this season allowed me to take 4 mins off my 2011 Barns Green effort to get a very pleasing PB. Funny how months of training/racing at HR 140bpm allows one to get PB's racing at HR 170+bpm. Thought I'd managed my first ever podium finish for this 3rd in age-group result, only to find this race only gives awards for 1st and 2nd in age-group!
Gun times (no chip time available at time of writing)
- Jim 1:22:36
- Mike 1:28:16
- James 1:29:28
- Steve 1:32:32
- Martin 1:37:25
- Lucy 1:44:10
- Rachel 1:46:38
- Hazel 1:51:51
- Helen 1:57:06
- Emma....................chip failure.....finished in a good time apparently
By Jim Graham
Club Records: /about-mstc/club-records.aspx
Results: http://www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/results/Barns%20Green%20Half%20Marathon/851