Running round Sheffield
Wow, yesterday was a fantastically busy day - the best day I've had in ages!
An early start to get down to Endcliffe Park for the Round Sheffield Run - another local running staple I'd never done before. It was tough going - 19km of muddy, hilly, mostly trail running over 11 timed stages, plus a further ~5k of walking stages in-between. Very different to the road race events I'm used to, and I found the stop-start nature of it, plus the constant changes in gradient, much harder work. It was (mostly) good fun though, and the varied terrain and scenery kept it interesting. My official time was 1h45m31s for the running stages (placing me 316th of 1,409 runners), with a total time 2h49m46s. I'm pleased with that.
Good to see so many runners from our little group there - Dave, Andy, Liz, Jen and Jenny all took part, and we met up at the finish to celebrate with beer and medals :o)
After that, it was a quick dash home to shower and change, then back out again to Kommune for Becky's birthday celebration. Sadly the timing didn't allow for me to join the previous Laser Questing, but we had a good natter and much-needed food and (more) beer. Then an even shorter turnaround before my regular Sunday evening gaming. I was very tired by this point, so it was no wonder I came last in our game of The Great Wall - it was reasonably close though!
An early start to get down to Endcliffe Park for the Round Sheffield Run - another local running staple I'd never done before. It was tough going - 19km of muddy, hilly, mostly trail running over 11 timed stages, plus a further ~5k of walking stages in-between. Very different to the road race events I'm used to, and I found the stop-start nature of it, plus the constant changes in gradient, much harder work. It was (mostly) good fun though, and the varied terrain and scenery kept it interesting. My official time was 1h45m31s for the running stages (placing me 316th of 1,409 runners), with a total time 2h49m46s. I'm pleased with that.
Good to see so many runners from our little group there - Dave, Andy, Liz, Jen and Jenny all took part, and we met up at the finish to celebrate with beer and medals :o)
After that, it was a quick dash home to shower and change, then back out again to Kommune for Becky's birthday celebration. Sadly the timing didn't allow for me to join the previous Laser Questing, but we had a good natter and much-needed food and (more) beer. Then an even shorter turnaround before my regular Sunday evening gaming. I was very tired by this point, so it was no wonder I came last in our game of The Great Wall - it was reasonably close though!