I had to wear the mandatory club running VEST which I was quite proud of, but also bloody freezing ! Especially as before the start, the heavens opened with the most almighty hailstorm, which pebble-dashed people with bean-sized hailstones and left the roads covered in an icy slush!
Marevellous. I opted for the VEST on top of T-Shirt, not quite the hardcore runner look, but I did brave the mandatory skimpy running keks, with the kind of integral built in underpanty mesh. What a man's sport this is, I couldn't help thinking to myself, as I performed some warm-up skipping on the footpaths, nearly skidding arse over t*t in the process. The agony was extended further as the race was delayed 15mins due to Lightning in the vicinity; I was however willing to take my chances as I was starting to lose feeling in some of the more loose and dangly parts of my body.
After being told about the how the Race was sponsored by Cornwall Double Glazing by the marshals, we were off ! My heart rate monitor was doing it's job, and I tried to keep it at a sensible limit - so as not to 'BONK' (see earlier posts). I settled into what I thought I could maintain, a balance between heart rate, breathing, and gonad temperature and tried to hold it best I could for the first 5 miles. After that I let it go a bit, and in the last mile I just went for it, with my legs seemingly unhindered - thanks to my scientific skimpy shorts, blasting
through the finish line (sponsored by Cornwall Double Glazing).I collected a great goody bag with a Mug and a Cornwall Double Glazing Cleaning Cloth, then went to shower myself in an attempt to get the contents of my shorts back to some normal (well for me) size/length. Just as I was applying the Radox, I was greeted by a voice which certainly wasn't very manly. Because he was a woman. Or she was. Anyway, there she was having a good lather with all the blokes completely bollok naked. Not that she had any - but I wasn't looking anyway - honest! I wasn't exactly looking my best either, as the showers weren't very hot and my willy was still looking embarrassingly small.
Anyway. After tea and cakes, there were a few presentations (there were a lot of prizes) and somehow Newquay Runners came second in the team event, which apparently included me as I was among the first 6 Newquay Runners home. So I now have a nice plastic trophy. All in all it was a grand day out, and I managed 24th / 400ish in 1:03:42 (or 6:22mins/mile). Just goes to show how much faster road running is than trogging up and down coastal paths !
Right, must dash. I really need to enquire about some Double Glazing.
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