the bog blog

just back from the grizzly weekend with team sandhurst joggers
so hears a run down off the weekend
friday
friday morning was a gym workout working on my core and foam rolling
lunch time was a run around Farnham park just 4 mils was only 1 min of my pb for this run
every  think was easy
in the eve was down to the track to help as we only had 10 runners Carl sead that i
can set out and run the session for the group then off to the pub to start the carbo loading for sunday
saturday
car packed ready for the road trip this was good fun with 80's sounds
me lisa and nikki set off 1st stop was heston blumenthal little chef for a olympic breakfast
with  Dave b and Mark f s all fulled up we hit the rd next stop river cottage canteen at Axminster
for some lunch with some more of team sandhurst
then off to the b&b in Seaton all sorted we had a walk down by the prom looking at the start of the race and some of the big hill we will be taking on
then of to Rossins with some more of team sandhurst last bit of carbo loading
then off to the pub for a game of guess who travel edition !!

sunday race day

at the start line for the grizzly i hear from the race director that this one is the hardest yet !!
we set off 50 mts of rd the on the beach 1 km of beach
then back on to the rd 1st big hill at 2 mils time to walk have a long way to go at the top we head
down to beer where the sandhurst support team is next big hill make it half way up then have to walk at the top the you can see the next beach down below and the water feature we had to run thou
at around 7mil we hit the 1st bog i pass nikki she has lost her trainers in the mud but did get them back
up and down some more big hills then thro cow bog that is all i will say about that
12mils in 2nd gel taken still running strong Nikki  has just passed me at 15mil just befor the bog
as i just run in to the water my left carf go's in to cramp i jump up and down like a mad man in pain
in to the bog then left and right carf's go in to cramp's am help to the rope by two young lady's
that's the end of the race for me now its just getting to the end a 24 min mil not gd had to dig deep
back on to the beach and on to the stair way to heaven ! back in to beer i can see the end
i then hear that sandhurst joggers are 1st and 2nd this give me a lift to work harder can not let team
sandhurst down back in to Seaton yet more beach now i have a song from my runners world playlist
in my head yes its chariots of fire but more up beat
i have done it its all over i get a hug for a lady runner !
pub time
i will be back

happy running

James