Bedford Harriers A.C.


 

 

 

 

Last Friday 5k
19th December 2008

 

Official Results

 
Although not strictly the last Friday of the month , this was the Last Friday 5km of the calender year. Brought forward due to the hectic Christmas period , the course was altered to bypass the huge winter Christmas Fair at Hyde Park. The new course was two smaller laps , which I feel is infact a better course than the original 5km course. Myself, Joe and Paul (Beds County) travelled up on the train and met Alan the teaboy by the start area. A runner came over when he saw our Bedford Harriers vests and commented how much he enjoyed running the Bedford Half Marathon, and how well organised it was. I did see a couple of runners wearing the souvenir sweatshirt. Paul was hoping for a quick start but found himself blocked in at the start, and didn't come on my shoulder until a mile. My legs felt tired and sluggish and I was unable to pick my pace up on the 2nd lap and finished just behind Paul. Alan put in a huge sprint in the last 100 metres and passed about 5 runners. Joe was the last Harrier to finish, he had a sudden burst of energy in the home straight and overtake a crisp packet , a parked van , and a child on a tricycle. Once Joe had got his breathe back (about 2 hours later) he commented that 5kms should come with a Government Health warning. Well, that's it for this year, if any other  Harriers would like to do this race, then be sure to enter 3 or 4 weeks in advance. You need to do 6 or more of the Serpentine Last Friday 5kms to be included in the age graded Championship.

Summary of Last Friday 5k in 2008

Justin

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