My morning as a fully paid up VIP goes well with tea/coffee laid on pre-race and two dedicated toilets for all the VIP crowd which includes the Elites. Ok, so that bit wasn’t so good and I opted to join the standard loo queues with the masses because it was quicker.
The course itself runs ok despite my misgivings about the
organisers cutting out the University and adding in two dead turns instead. L,
the dogs and my father are all at Crown Island so they get to cheer me past
twice which is much appreciated. The second time I’m desperately trying to hang
onto the coat tails of the 1:30 pacer which I fail to do. However my time is
still good as I clock 1:43, which I’m actually thrilled with, on what is a well
hilly course.
In the VIP tent afterwards there’s plenty of food, drinks, a
massage and I get a free race photo as well. So overall it’s quite a good deal
if you want all that.
Sadly a short review as Sunday 25th September was a very busy and traumatic
day due to the death of a close family member. The race soon started to pale into insignificance as the events of the rest
of the day started to unfold.
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