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Thursday, May 21, 2009

White Peak Marathon - Anna Finn

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I did the White Peak Marathon yesterday. The weather was typically English, with a good mix of sun, rain and wind. The rain was lovely when it was a pleasantly light drizzle and the wind was welcome as a tail wind, but the combination turned into a storm of horizontal rain blowing into my face for a mile or two - not so nice!

The course is along a trail, very good underfoot most of the way. The first 7 miles are uphill - not steep, but enough to notice the incline, then it evens out before a couple of steep drops in the final few miles (see course elevation profile in the picture).

I felt a bit tired after running so much recently, but was pleased to get a finish time of 4:11:50. The finshers' memento was a mug, making a welcome change from all the medals and T shirts.

This is a lovely event that I'll definitely consider doing again. I'm not running a marathon now until the 31st [shocked we are, shocked! - Ed]- time for a nice rest then...

Anna
(Ed - I also found a pic. of Anna running - she provided the other 2)

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