Bath Half Marathon

[El Gordo]

My number finally arrived this morning - 4064.

I was amused by Point 12 in the instructions: "ANY COMPETITOR FOUND URINATING ON THE RECREATION GROUND OR RESIDENTS' GARDENS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED"

For the benefit of any non-British people reading this, I should explain that Bath has a rather genteel reputation (Jane Austen and all that), and this sort of warning chimes nicely with that image.

Thanks for the info about the course profile. For some reason I was under the impression it was totally flat, but obviously not.

I'll look out for that final climb, though I'm hoping to be at least a couple of minutes inside the world record at that point, so I should be able to take it easy for the final mile. Or if that strategy fails, I'll still be hoping to get in under 2:20. My half marathon target for this year is 2:10, but I'll be very happy with 2:15 at Bath. In fact I'll be happy with anything under 2:20.

How about you? And what's your number? I'll look out for you on the recreation ground. I'll be wearing my V-Team white singlet, with the Hal Higdon URL on the back. Navy blue shorts.

Cheers

Andy