Punchbowl 30
th February 2012

 

Unofficial Result

Noel Jones 6.28.00

The Punchbowl 30 is an LDWA event with up to 300 walkers and runners. The start again featured no toilets due to frozen and burst pipes but what can you do? I decided for some reason to aim for an average of 11 minutes per mile. I don’t know where that figure came from but the plan was to run for a mile and then walk for anything left in the 11 minute. The first mile took over 13 minutes. So did the second. The LDWA don’t hold back on the hills and this course was true to form. Later on I did manage a few 9-10 minute miles but the original plan had been modified to “just keep going”. There was still snow covering much of the ground and the Inov8 trail shoes gave me excellent grip. Hidden rocks were common and my ankles took a few turns. Quite a bit of the last few miles were on sandy heathland and I swear the whole of the last 5 miles was uphill! Despite all that I enjoyed it all and didn’t have any of the low moments from the previous weekend, which was a bit of a confidence booster.

Noel

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