| The Gt South Run, not a patch on the Gt
North Run, but still 12,500 runners and badged as the largest 10 mile race
in the world(!). It is still good fun, loads of spectators, a few stars,
Sonia O'Sullivan, Liz Mc Colgan, her daughter Eilisha (a star of the
future), Richard Dunwoody, the usual splattering of Kenyan runners and
stars of television. For those that were at Gt North, the Scotsman on his
stilts was there so were the 2 seagulls and I understand there were a
couple collecting for Bedford Hospital. Portsmouth is a great place to spend a weekend, loads of naval history, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, boat trips around the Naval harbour, and even Gunwharf Quay for that bit of retail therapy the ladies need. The race started along the Esplanade (posh for sea front) on a windy, cool but dry day. It took us to the west, the full length of Portsmouth, with the wind at our backs, past the hovercraft ferry (it actually arrived as I passed). along to the historic dockyard, past HMS Victory, through the naval docks, before we turned and did a loop back past the start and through to the far eastern end of Southsea, now the wind was in our faces. The last 2 miles were returning to the finish along the sea front with the wind behind pushing us home. |
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| The course is flat but busy
and should have been ideal for a pb, but with few club runners of any
sort, I was a couple of minutes off mine, but I still enjoyed it and the
organisers are looking to get their numbers up in the coming years so
worth noting in your diary for 2004. Chris ps: Chris finished in 1hour 17 minutes and 4 seconds. |
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