David Currie

Christine and I are both running the seventh leg of the Test Way relay for Southampton Running Club in a few weeks time and we made the most of today’s sunshine to run the leg from Romsey to Mottisfont (and back). Should be fun with a good mix of woodland, open fields and some short sections of road.

Tonight saw the last RR10 of the season. IBM organises the event so I didn’t get to run (I was on first aid duty instead). Unfortunately the final results show that I’ve been pushed down to 16th place in the league – my worst position ever. Even worse, having edged ahead of Christine in the rankings in the previous race, I have now been pushed back in to 22nd place – three places behind her!

A trip to visit the in-laws in South Wales gave us a chance to run the Waun Fach fell race – 7 miles and 2000ft of climb. After a dismal morning it did actually stop raining for the start. It was a long hard slog up to the summit and my southerner’s legs slowed to a walk once or twice. Sprinted along the boggy ridge trying not to lose sight of the runner in front of me in the mist. Descents have never been my strong point and he dissapeared as soon as we turned downhill. I was only overtaken by one runner though and finished a creditable 8th in a time of 57’36. Christine was second lady and her Mum first female over-50 so we had a good collection of prize beers when we finally came away from the post-race pub.

This evening saw the last RR10 of the year for me as the final race is organised by my club. Had a reasonable run round the two laps of Stoke Park Wood although I can still feel the Capricorn in my legs. Took 28:45, finishing in 14th place just ahead of Rob and Eric . Should do my overall rankings a boost though, replacing the 25th position I had in the previous race.