Bedford Harriers A.C.
The Grizzly
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Anna Reports on the Race:
The Grizzly was a fantastic event, with a number of Grizzly virgins
from Bedford Harriers. The weather was good (the calm before the storm)
although there were a couple of showers including a hail shower which
Donna missed out on because she was running too fast!
We covered just over 19 miles of shingle beach, hills, tracks, streams,
hills, muddy bogs, hills (steep enough to require a rope!), more tracks,
more muddy bogs, hills, woods, a mile stretch of shingle beach, the
infamous Stairway to Heaven, hills, downhills, shingle beach and the
finish line. I decided after the 3rd hill that I might make it if I
walked up the hills! We were cheered on by the entire population of East
Devon, wonderful bands to rival the Great North Run and enthusiastic
marshals. The last 100 metres was on road, but by then the legs had
gone. They were somewhat revived by the 'showers' provided by the local
Fire Service.
Big congratulations to Donna who retained her ladies title in tremendous
form - it's always harder to hold onto the title. Well done too to Viv
who ran brilliantly despite having felt lousy the day before with a bad
cold.
We had a mantra for the race which really holds true - 'This is Fun!'