Hobbling round

by Madman2 Posted on December 7, 2009
The Start Hexham Hobble

Bog Trotting

Very heavy going and the aformentioned head injury and a general feeling of ‘thank god it’s the last one before Christmas’ I didn’t really enjoy the run. The route was extremely boggy in parts and very slippery in others. All this rain over the past few weeks has left the ground saturated. I took a couple of falls along the way and I don’t think I was the only one. The last one across the final moorland stretch was as a result of stepping one foot into a bog hole past the knee. As usual I wasn’t last but not very far off it. I think I’m going to take a rest.

Thanks to the Allen Valley Striders who, despite having one of the worst web sites I know of in the sport, put on a very professionally run and friendly race on Sunday.

Lone Runner

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About Madman2

Iconoclast, recently lost all sanity, shaved moustache off after 33 years and still getting used to it, taken up fell running of sorts. Interests: Mountaineering, food, cooking, people, friends, politics, education, photography, thinking, kites, making people laugh, fell running, adventure running. Favourite Films: The Long Good Friday, Laurence of Arabia, Thomas Crown Affair, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Slumdog Millionaire, Fargo, anything by Poliakoff. Favourite Music: Jazz, Norah Jones, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Joss Stone, Dido, Dave Brubek, John Coltrain, Florence and the Machine, Lily Allen Favourite Books: The Unconsoled, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The White Spider, Touching the Void
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2 Responses to Hobbling round

  1. Bryan says:
    December 13, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Congratulations, that sounds like a very tough one! I did pick up an entry form from Northern Runner but wasn’t free that weekend. It sounds like I had a lucky escape.

  2. Robert Campbell says:
    December 13, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    Thanks for the congrats but I don't think 2:18 for 10 mile is really deserving of it.

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