On a very warm morning myself and Stu Ferris decided to run together, which we did, running a very evenly paced 13.1 miles over a hilly course in the heat. We pulled each other on when the need arose and supported each other grabbing drinks and jelly babies for each other, our pace was well matched and we ran well together. The last mile I found tough, I struggled running back through Frome Town and up the last hill, I had pins and needles in my left shoulder and down my arm. I told Stuart to run on but he wouldn't. He said "We'll cross the line together", he could have ran on but I dug deep and we crossed together holding our hands aloft. Official finish time 1:53:01.
This was a very well organised race with road closures which also included a 5k and 10k option. The support around the course was fantastic cheering, music, jelly babies and garden hoses and sprinklers being sprayed over the runners as they ran by.
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