Good runners come in all shapes and sizes
| 10:44 UK time, Monday, 10 September 2007
It was fascinating to see so many runners (1336 to be precise) of all shapes and sizes competing in the Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon 2007 yesterday - and many of them passing me in my first race since a schoolboy 20+ years since.
I regard myself as reasonably fit and yet guys and women in their 50s and 60s breezed by me after I started to really hurt at mile 11. Like the inexperienced racer I am, I was running other people's races - keeping up with the person in front - rather than running my own race. You might be able to do that for a sprint but not for 13 miles!
So if I was the hare the older and wiser runners were tortoises and that's why I staggered home in 746th place in a time of 1:58. Congratulations to all who entered. See you next year? I doubt it!
You can get the or look at a couple of pictures on our site.
