Go!vember

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Just a quick one... full report later after rehydration.

This race was, as Sweder has already reported, brutal. I did manage to complete the race, although I was pretty much done in after 15km and walked the most of the last 6, but I did get to the blizzard-engulfed finish line in one piece, albeit very cold and very wet. The blizzard was real enough too - ferocious winds, snow and sleet which forced an early closure to the event with some competitors still out on the course.

Actually, the blizzard was my fault - I passed the devil at the 18km mark: she was a young Asian woman wearing the number 666. I expressed surprise at this apparition and quite suddenly at that very moment it started raining. The rain quickly turned to sleet and thence into a full blizzard.

Anyhow, I made it there in 2h52 ... the last of the RC team to arrive at the mountain top, but I was happy just to have got there at all, given how only two days prior I was incapable of either sitting or laying down, and to stand was uncomfortable at best. I have to thank my physio for getting me up that mountain, and my fellow RCers for their considerable motivation and support.

What's next?

Well, beer. Obviously.

More later, RC-dudes.

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P.S. Seafront Plodder also saw the devil prior to the start of the race and even snapped her photo!