Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Sussex CTS Marathon (in pictures!)

So I had hoped to write up a report about this race, but as ever I have found that by not writing something immediately, life gets in the way.  My girlfriend however, managed to get something down, so here is a link to her blog. Having run the race with her, although her report offers a different perspective, I would say it is a (mostly) accurate account of events.

http://lotte-carritt.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/east-sussex-cts-marathon-race-report.html

What am I bringing to the party you may ask? (other than my excellent pacing ;-)) - well here are some photos that I did manage to take of the race, and a pictorial account of the day.

Gary gives the race briefing (no new jokes)

Lotte and Gemma at the sunny start...
Lotte steams off early on, the hills soon sorted that out...

One of the hills that slowed her down...

The course cruelly took us back past the start on several occasions...

Spot the clown

Bridget ended up running the last 4 miles of the half without any shoes....

Tomas collects 2nd place in the Half

Lotte collects 3rd place for the Ladies Marathon

A Nepalese goat herder collects 2nd in the Ultra

The Tri London medal haul

My reward after breaking in some new shoes

Yet another fantastic CTS event and in great conditions (as usual). Next up a block of serious training for Challenge Roth....