This was 4 laps of the reservoir which appears to have been built with a 4
lap marathon in mind. A very scenic course as you would expect using the
cycle / walk / run trail that goes around the main reservoir. Today the
sun came out so it was warm out there and a stiff breeze made for a couple
of challenging miles on one side of the water but gave a bit of an assist
on the other. The weather brought out a good quantity of families,
cyclists, walkers, runners and dogs but we all seemed to get along ok and
there was quite a bit of support from many of them. I struggled with the
last lap, in other words after 20 miles. Pleased to keep it going for a
4:27:19 finish (unofficial time). Anyone looking for a last 20 mile
training run before London could do worse than 3 laps here.
Noel |